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Optimal performance profiles in male wheelchair basketball players based on hand-grip strength, anthropometric parameters, agility, and speed tests

open access: yesMedicina 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
doaj   +1 more source

The relationship between smartphone usage duration (using smartphone’s ability to monitor screen time) with hand-grip and pinch-grip strength among young people: an observational study

open access: yesBMC 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
doaj   +1 more source

Hand anthropometry and its relation to grip/pinch strength in children aged 5 to 13 years

open access: yesJournal of International Medical Research, 2020
Objective To evaluate the development level of children’s physiological hand shape indicators and their relationship with grip/pinch strength. Methods Hand shape and grip/pinch strength in 1255 Chinese children aged 5 to 13 years were prospectively ...
Juan Wen   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Causal associations of hand grip strength with bone mineral density and fracture risk: A mendelian randomization study

open access: yesFrontiers in Endocrinology, 2022
BackgroundMuscle strength has been shown to exert positive effects on bone health. The causal relationship between hand grip strength and osteoporosis is an important public health issue but is not fully revealed.
Jidong Song   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Measuring hand grip strength in rheumatoid arthritis [PDF]

open access: yesRheumatology International, 2018
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a systemic inflammatory disease with a particular predilection for causing pain, deformity and functional limitation affecting the hands. Measures of the severity of RA, such as the disease activity score with 28 joint count may not fully reflect the regional impact of RA on the hands.
Susie C. Higgins   +2 more
openaire   +4 more sources

Bilateral Deficits during Maximal Grip Force Production in Late Postmenopausal Women

open access: yesApplied 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
doaj   +1 more source

Anthropometry based prediction of dominant hand grip strength in Indian office going females

open access: yesAsian Journal of Medical Sciences, 2016
Background: Physical strength can be measured by means of hand grip strength. It is of great use as a functional index of nutritional status. Aims and Objectives: Physical strength can be measured by means of hand grip strength.
S Rawat
doaj   +1 more source

Preterm-Born Young Women Have Weaker Hand Grip Strength Compared to Their Full-Term-Born Peers

open access: yesChildren, 2023
Prematurity has been linked to lower muscular fitness and increased morbidity across the human lifespan. Hand grip strength is widely used as a measure of muscle strength.
Ella Bruun   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

TO STUDY HAND GRIP STRENGTH MEASUREMENT BY GRIP DYNAMOMETER

open access: yesINTERANTIONAL JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH IN ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT, 2023
Handgrip strength is a indicate the muscle health in hand & Forearms grip strength measured using a hand held grip dynamometer. Grip strength used to assess general strength in order to determine work capacity, for extent of injury, nutritional status & physical fitness.
Kate Rani.D   +2 more
openaire   +1 more source

DETERMINING THE STRENGTH OF HAND GRIP FOR HEALTHY ADULTS IN RELATION WITH HAND LENGTH, FOREARM CIRCUMFERENCE, BMI AND HAND DOMINANCE

open access: yesInternational Journal of Physiotherapy, 2016
Background: Hand-grip strength studies with healthy adults have shown correlation between anthropometric variables and hand grip strength. There is dearth in literature in population of Saudi Arabia.
Dr. Khalid A Alahmar   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

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