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Hand grip strength and quality of life among adults aged 50–90 years from South West Poland
Scientific ReportsWith advancing age, progressive loss of muscle strength, as assessed by hand grip strength, may result in a poorer health-related quality of life. The aim of this study is to determine the associations of hand grip strength with quality of life among ...
Antonina Kaczorowska +2 more
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Measurement of hand grip strength: A cross-sectional study of two dynamometry devices
South African Journal of Physiotherapy, 2022 Background: Grip strength has been identified as an important indicator of health status and predictor of clinical outcomes. The gold standard for measuring grip strength is the JAMAR® Hydraulic Hand Dynamometer. Less expensive dynamometers are available
Alison Lupton-Smith +5 more
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Effect of grip size and grip strength on pistol marksmanship in police officers: A pilot study [PDF]
NBP: Nauka, bezbednost, policija, 2021 Police officers may be required to use their firearms in self-defence. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the relationships between hand grip size and strength with pistol shooting accuracy in police officers.
Orr Robin M. +5 more
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Weak Hand Grip Strength Is Associated with Alexithymia in Outpatients in a Mexican Population
Brain Sciences, 2022 Hand grip strength has been considered as a possible marker for metabolic and psychiatric disease. To date, however, no research has focused on the association between alexithymia and hand grip strength.
Alma Delia Genis-Mendoza +8 more
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BMC Geriatrics, 2023 Objectives This study aimed to examine the association of absolute and relative hand grip strength (HGS) with the risk of all-cause mortality among middle-aged and old-aged people in South Korea.
Wonjeong Jeong +2 more
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Norms for hand grip strength. [PDF]
Archives of Disease in Childhood, 1984 Norms for hand grip strength of healthy children are presented. Sex and age specific centiles for age 5 to 18 years have been determined using a portable strain gauge dynamometer with an accuracy of 0.5 N. The test group comprised 1417 healthy, urban school children from a middle class suburb of Brisbane.
Newman D.G. +5 more
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BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 2021 Background The use of smartphones has become widely popular, especially among young people, for multiple purposes other than communication, including gaming and internet browsing.
Ahmad Osailan
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Medicina Universitaria, 2022 Objective: This study investigated the determinants of optimal performance by assessing the relationship between agility, speed tests, hand-grip strength, and anthropometric parameters in male wheelchair-basketball players.
Gilberto Vela-Sánchez +6 more
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Bilateral Deficits during Maximal Grip Force Production in Late Postmenopausal Women
Applied Sciences, 2021 The purpose of this study was to investigate bilateral deficit patterns during maximal hand-grip force production in late postmenopausal women. Twenty late postmenopausal and 20 young premenopausal women performed maximal isometric grip force production ...
Jin-Su Kim +2 more
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Grip Strength Measurement in the Right Hand Better Predicts Mortality Regardless of Dominant Hand [PDF]
운동과학, 2022 Purpose Muscle strength is often higher when measured on the dominant hand than on the non-dominant hand, and there are reports of differences in the mortality rates between left-handed and right-handed people in the Korean population.
Yun-A Shin, Won-Ho Choi, Jae-Hyun Kim
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