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Evaluation of the Hand Grip and Sheet Rope Pulling Strength in Laser Sailing Athletes by Using Hiking Bench

Research in Sports Science
This study aimed to investigate hand grip and rope-pulling strength and endurance in laser-class sailors. Seventeen laser class sailors, 15 males and two females participated in this study voluntarily.
Sevgi Tuncel, İrfan Gülmez, Muhammed Yusuf Kahraman, Fatih Sani, Nusret Ramazanoğlu   +4 more
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Get a Grip: Variation in Human Hand Grip Strength and Implications for Human Evolution [PDF]

, 2021
Although hand grip strength is critical to the daily lives of humans and our arboreal great ape relatives, the human hand has changed in form and function throughout our evolution due to terrestrial bipedalism, tool use, and directional asymmetry (DA ...
Town, K., Stamate, C., Cosmin Stamate (10297517), Donati, Georgina, Tracy L Kivell (12427437), Kivell, T.L., Forrester, G.S., Kivell, Tracy L., Katie Town, Ameline Bardo, Town, Katie, Kivell, T. ; https://orcid.org/, Ameline Bardo (16647101), Edginton, T., Forrester, Gillian, Katie Town (16647108), Georgina Donati (10700428), Forrester, Gillian, S, Cosmin Stamate, Bardo, Ameline, Trudy Edginton (16647103), Bardo, A., Forrester, Gillian S., Ballieux, H., Tracy L. Kivell, Haiko Ballieux (9595278), Forrester, G., Haiko Ballieux, Edginton, Trudi, Donati, G., Stamate, Cosmin, Georgina Donati, Forrester, G. S., Trudi Edginton, Gillian S. Forrester, Kivell, Tracy, L, Kivell, T., Gillian S Forrester (5624042), Ballieux, Haiko   +38 more
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Higher Hand Grip Strength Is Associated With Greater Radius Bone Size and Strength in Older Men and Women: The Framingham Osteoporosis Study

JBMR Plus, 2021
Mechanical loading by muscles elicits anabolic responses from bone, thus age‐related declines in muscle strength may contribute to bone fragility in older adults.
Robert R. McLean, Elizabeth J. Samelson, Amanda L. Lorbergs, Kerry E. Broe, Marian T. Hannan, Steven K. Boyd, Mary L. Bouxsein, Douglas P. Kiel   +7 more
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Effect of Smartphone Addiction Level on Manual and Finger Dexterity, Hand Grip Strength, Pinch Grip Strength, and Thumb Pressure Pain Threshold in University Students

, 2023
This study examined smartphone addiction's effect on manual and finger dexterity, hand and pinch grip strength, and thumb pressure pain threshold in university students. The study included 127 university students aged 19-25 years.
Kecelioglu, Sule, Sule Kecelioglu, Akcay, BURÇİN, YÜCE, HAMİYET, Gulhan Yilmaz Gokmen, Gokmen, Gulhan Yilmaz, Ozen, Melike Sumeyye, Hamiyet Yuce, Burcin Akcay, Melike Sumeyye Ozen, Gülhan Yılmaz Gökmen   +10 more
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Assessment of grip-motion characteristics in carpal tunnel syndrome patients using a novel finger grip dynamometer system

Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research, 2020
Background Grip strength measurement is widely used in daily medical practice, and it has been reported that the grip strength decreases in patients with carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS).
Toru Sasaki, Koji Makino, Akimoto Nimura, Shiro Suzuki, Tomoyuki Kuroiwa, Takafumi Koyama, Atsushi Okawa, Hidetsugu Terada, Koji Fujita   +8 more
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Effect of Grip Span on Lateral Pinch Grip Strength [PDF]

Human Factors: The Journal of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, 2002
Repetitive, high-force pinch grip exertions are common in many occupational activities. The goal of the current study was to quantify the relationship between lateral pinch grip span (distance between thumb and index finger) and lateral pinch grip strength.
Carrie L. Shivers, Gary A. Mirka, David B. Kaber   +2 more
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Association of Grip Strength with obesity & cortisol; Possible indicators of biological ageing

International Journal of Endorsing Health Science Research, 2020
Background: Cortisol has a positive correlation with Obesity, which indicates a relation between obesity and cortisol. Furthermore, there are increased chances of demolished muscle strength up to two times with elevated levels of cortisol.
Faizan Mirza, Amaila Fazal, Khadija Shabbir, Hafsa Farooq, Sadaf Ahmed   +4 more
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Are they half as strong as they used to be? An experiment testing whether age-related social comparisons impair older people's hand grip strength and persistence [PDF]

, 2012
OBJECTIVE: To assess how age-related social comparisons, which are likely to arise inadvertently or deliberately during assessments, may affect older people's performance on tests that are used to assess their needs and capability.
Swift, Hannah J., Abrams, Dominic, Lamont, Ruth A.   +2 more
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Body mass index, muscle strength and physical performance in older adults from eight cohort studies: the HALCyon programme. [PDF]

, 2013
Objective To investigate the associations of body mass index (BMI) and grip strength with objective measures of physical performance (chair rise time, walking speed and balance) including an assessment of sex differences and non-linearity.
Hardy, R, John M. Starr (107707), McNeill Geraldine, Cooper, R, Kuh Diana, Rachel Cooper, Gallacher, John, Holly Syddall, Geraldine McNeill, Starr, John M., John Gallacher, Starr, John M, Yoav Ben-Shlomo, Aihie Sayer, Avan, McNeill, G, Ben-Shlomo, Y, Cyrus Cooper (141250), Panayotes Demakakos (196562), John Gallacher (196569), Martin, Richard M, Syddall Holly, Cyrus Cooper, Cooper Cyrus, Martin, RM, Hardy, Rebecca, Steptoe Andrew, McNeill, Geraldine, Demakakos, Panayotes, Demakakos Panayotes, Starr, JM, Syddall, H, Steptoe, A, ?, ?, John M Starr, HALCyon study team, Avan Aihie Sayer, Geraldine McNeill (107695), Cooper, Rachel, Deary, IJ, Ben-Shlomo, Yoav, Ian J. Deary (107724), Cooper Rachel, Avan Aihie Sayer (188916), Rebecca Hardy, Hardy Rebecca, Deary, Ian J., Martin, Richard M., Ian J Deary, Cooper, Cyrus, Holly Syddall (231862), Syddall, Holly, Richard M. Martin (176602), Sayer, Avan Aihie, Kuh, Diana, Rebecca Hardy (188906), Gallacher, J, Deary, Ian J, Panayotes Demakakos, Martin Richard M., Demakakos, P, Richard M Martin, Yoav Ben-Shlomo (95286), Andrew Steptoe, Diana Kuh, Gallacher John, Kuh, D, Starr John M., Andrew Steptoe (36331), Deary Ian J., Aihie Sayer, A, Cooper, C, Aihie Sayer Avan, Steptoe, Andrew, Ben-Shlomo Yoav, Diana Kuh (188923), Rachel Cooper (188902)   +75 more
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Grip strength and pen pressure are not key contributors to handwriting difficulties in children with developmental coordination disorder [PDF]

, 2020
Introduction Children with developmental coordination disorder have significant difficulties with handwriting. Factors such as hand grip strength and pen pressure are often assumed by clinicians to play a role, although empirical evidence is lacking. The
Steele-Bobat, F., Raman, E., Pratt, A., Simmons, L., Prunty, M.M.   +4 more
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