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Handgrip strength in English schoolchildren

Acta Paediatrica, 2010
AbstractAims:  The aims of this study were to evaluate patterns of handgrip (HG) strength in relation to gender and age in English schoolchildren and to compare this with existing data and produce reference data for this population.Methods:  The HG of 7147 English schoolchildren (3773 boys and 3374 girls) aged 10–15.9 years was measured using a ...
Cohen, DD, Voss, C, Taylor, MJD, Stasinopoulos, DM, Delextrat, A, Sandercock, GRH   +5 more
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Effect of self-selected handgrip position on maximal handgrip strength

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 2005
To assess whether participants were able to select the handgrip position on a Jamar hand dynamometer with which the maximal handgrip strength could be delivered, while sitting and while standing.A criterion standard comparison study.A university campus in the Netherlands.Fifty-six healthy subjects (30 men, 26 women; mean age, 30 y; range, 19-60 y ...
Boadella, Juliette M., Kuijer, P. Paul, Sluiter, Judith K., Frings-Dresen, Monique H.   +3 more
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Handgrip and fingerpinch strength

Physiotherapy Theory and Practice, 1994
A total of 128 subjects (55 males, 73 females) were examined for isometric handgrip and fingerpinch strength using a Vigorimeter®, a simple hand-held dynamometer, suitable for everyday medical and ...
Tommy Öberg, Ulrika Öberg, Alek Karsznia   +2 more
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Handgrip Strength and Health in Aging Adults

Sports Medicine, 2018
Handgrip strength (HGS) is often used as an indicator of overall muscle strength for aging adults, and low HGS is associated with a variety of poor health outcomes including chronic morbidities, functional disabilities, and all-cause mortality. As public health initiatives and programs target the preservation of muscle strength for aging adults, it is ...
Ryan P, McGrath, William J, Kraemer, Soham Al, Snih, Mark D, Peterson   +3 more
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Handgrip Strength and Associated Factors in Hospitalized Patients

Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition, 2013
Background: Handgrip strength (HGS) is a marker of nutrition status. Many factors are associated with HGS. Age, height, body mass index, number of diagnoses, and number and type of drugs have been shown to modify the association between undernutrition and HGS.
Rita S. Guerra, Isabel Fonseca, Fernando Pichel, Maria Teresa Restivo, Teresa F. Amaral   +4 more
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Handgrip Strength and Mortality in Older Mexican Americans

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 2002
OBJECTIVES: To examine the association between handgrip strength and mortality in older Mexican American men and women. DESIGN: A 5‐year prospective cohort study. SETTING:
Soham, Al Snih, Kyriakos S, Markides, Laura, Ray, Glenn V, Ostir, James S, Goodwin   +4 more
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Handgrip strength and dysphagia assessment following cardiac surgery

The Laryngoscope, 2015
Objectives/HypothesisProlonged intubation has been recognized as a risk factor for dysphagia following cardiac surgery. We conducted a study to determine whether those patients intubated longer than 12 hours following cardiac surgery exhibit low handgrip strength and if dysphagia is prevalent in those with low handgrip strength.Study DesignFeasibility ...
Bridget, Hathaway, Brooke, Baumann, Sara, Byers, Tamara, Wasserman-Wincko, Vinay, Badhwar, Jonas, Johnson   +5 more
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Influence of Cold Bath on Maximum Handgrip Strength

Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1977
12 female college students participated in a repeated-measures experiment, receiving an experimental treatment and a control treatment. The former was a 30-min. cold bath to the forearm while the control was a similar 30-min. period without the cold bath.
D J, Johnson, F E, Leider
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Handgrip strength in men with fibromyalgia.

Clinical and experimental rheumatology, 2011
To examine the association of muscular strength, as measured by handgrip strength test (HGs), with the presence/absence of fibromyalgia (FM) and FM severity in men.A total of 20 men (age, (mean age±standard deviation) of 48.0±8.0 years) with FM and 60 healthy subjects (age, 49.5±7.3 years) participated in the study.
V A, Aparicio, A, Carbonell-Baeza, F B, Ortega, J R, Ruiz, J M, Heredia, M, Delgado-Fernández   +5 more
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Alloy design strategies to increase strength and its trade-offs together

Progress in Materials Science, 2021
Seung Zeon Han, Eun-Ae Choi
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