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Handgrip and sex-specific cardiometabolic risk factors in Hispanic/Latino migrant farmworkers
Scientific Reports, 2021 Studies have suggested that handgrip strength might be a marker for cardiometabolic risk (CMR), but it has not been studied in Hispanic/Latino farmworker population.
Anas Raed +13 more
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Handgrip Strength and Anthropometry in Parkinson’s Disease at Diagnosis
Parkinson's Disease, 2022 Objectives. To investigate how age, malnutrition, and the level of plasma cortisol and phosphate in patients with Parkinson’s disease (PD) at time of diagnosis are associated with body composition and handgrip strength in males and females compared to controls. Materials & Methods.
Lena Håglin +4 more
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Journal of Modern Rehabilitation, 2019 Introduction: Health-related physical fitness requires muscular strength to perform physical activities. The handgrip test is used to assess the muscular strength of the hand. The flexor muscle strength in palmar, thenar, and hypothenar areas of the hand
Sajida Bibi Noonari +2 more
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Handgrip Strength Cannot Be Assumed a Proxy for Overall Muscle Strength [PDF]
Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, 2018 Dynapenia, low muscle strength, is predictive for negative health outcomes and is usually expressed as handgrip strength (HGS). Whether HGS can be a proxy for overall muscle strength and whether this depends on age and health status is controversial.
Yeung, Suey S.Y. +14 more
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Children, 2022 Handgrip strength is a simple measure of general muscle strength and is related to functionality in people with intellectual disabilities. The objective of this research was to describe the normative values of absolute and relative handgrip strength in ...
Claudio Farías-Valenzuela +6 more
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Handgrip Strength as a Darwinian Fitness Indicator in Men [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychology, 2018 Handgrip strength (HGS) is a robust measure of overall muscular strength and function, and has long been predictive of a multitude of health factors and physical outcomes for both men and women. The fact that HGS represents such a ubiquitous measure of health and vitality may reflect the significance of this trait during human evolution.
Gallup, Andrew C., Fink, Bernhard
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SAGE Open Medicine, 2020 Measures of handgrip strength can be used to conveniently assess overall muscle strength capacity. Although stand-alone measures of handgrip strength provide robust health information, the clinical meaningfulness to determine prevention and treatment ...
Ryan McGrath +7 more
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BMC Geriatrics, 2021 Background Muscular function, such as handgrip strength, has been suggested as an associated factor for cognitive impairment. This study investigated the association between temporal change in handgrip strength and cognitive function using longitudinal ...
Hyunkyu Kim +5 more
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Aging and Health Research, 2022 Background: Physical activity (PA) is beneficial for the improvement of both physical and cognitive functions for older adults. Handgrip strength is strongly associated with cognition in cross-sectional studies, however, whether handgrip strength is ...
Milan Chang +5 more
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The effect of Kinesio Taping on handgrip strength
Journal of Physical Therapy Science, 2015 [Purpose] The purpose of this research was to evaluate the change in muscle function induced by a Kinesio Tape application with no or moderate tension, to the dominant and non-dominant arms. [Subjects and Methods] This research was a quantitative study, in which 75 women participated. The subjects, aged 18-30 years, were divided into 3 groups, Kinesio,
Lemos, Thiago Vilela +4 more
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