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Get a Grip: Variation in Human Hand Grip Strength and Implications for Human Evolution [PDF]
Symmetry, 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) such as handedness.
Tracy Kivell +2 more
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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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Hand Grip Strength in the Adult Malaysian Population
Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery, 2006 Purpose. To measure the hand grip strength of Malaysians aged 18 to 65 years. Methods. Between January and April 2003, 412 subjects (200 women and 212 men) were recruited from staff, students, and visitors of the University of Malaya Medical Centre ...
T Kamarul, TS Ahmad, WYC Loh
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Hand-grip isometric strength in judo
Revista de Artes Marciales Asiáticas, 2014 The grip is an important technical and tactical aspect through which the judokas dominate the adversary, hindering the application of appropriate techniques and favoring their own attack. The judokas must have high levels of isometric force and endurance
Juan G Bonitch-Góngora, Filipa Almeida
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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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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 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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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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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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