Pinch Strengths in Healthy Iranian Children and Young Adult Population
Background: Data on the physical strength capabilities are essential for design-ing safe and usable products and are useful in a wide range of clinical settings especially during treatment of disease affecting the function of the hand. The purpose of this study was to determine peak lateral pinch st...
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| description | Background: Data on the physical strength capabilities are essential for design-ing safe and usable products and are useful in a wide range of clinical settings especially during treatment of disease affecting the function of the hand. The purpose of this study was to determine peak lateral pinch strength, key pinch strength, tip-to-tip pinch strength and three-jaw pinch strength exertions in a healthy Iranian children and young adult population.Methods: The study was conducted among 511 participants (242 males and 269 females) aged 7-30 years. Measurements were carried out with both dominant and non-dominant hands in standard sitting posture using a B&L pinch gauge. Two repetitions of each strength measurement were recorded for each condition and the average value of the two trials was used in the subsequent analysis.Results: The results showed significant differences in the pinch strength data in terms of the age, gender and hand dominance. The lateral pinch strength, key pinch strength, tip-to-tip pinch strength and three-jaw pinch strength exertions by females were 68.4%, 68.8%, 78.8% and 81.8% of those exerted by males, respectively. Strength exertions with the non-dominant hand were 6.4%, 5.2%, 6.6% and 5.1% lower than strength exertions of the dominant hand for the lat-eral pinch strength, key pinch strength, tip-to-tip pinch strength and three-jaw pinch strength exertions, respectively.Conclusion: These findings can be used to fill the gaps in strength data for Iranian population. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-079f39cbe8304131b4a5bbb0a4543f8e2022-12-21T20:38:21ZengTabriz University of Medical SciencesHealth Promotion Perspectives2228-64972228-64972015-03-0151525810.15171/hpp.2015.007Pinch Strengths in Healthy Iranian Children and Young Adult PopulationIman Dianat0 Hossein Feizi1 Kosar Hasan-khali 2Department of Occupational Health, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, IranDepartment of Occupational Health, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, IranDepartment of Occupational Health, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, IranBackground: Data on the physical strength capabilities are essential for design-ing safe and usable products and are useful in a wide range of clinical settings especially during treatment of disease affecting the function of the hand. The purpose of this study was to determine peak lateral pinch strength, key pinch strength, tip-to-tip pinch strength and three-jaw pinch strength exertions in a healthy Iranian children and young adult population.Methods: The study was conducted among 511 participants (242 males and 269 females) aged 7-30 years. Measurements were carried out with both dominant and non-dominant hands in standard sitting posture using a B&L pinch gauge. Two repetitions of each strength measurement were recorded for each condition and the average value of the two trials was used in the subsequent analysis.Results: The results showed significant differences in the pinch strength data in terms of the age, gender and hand dominance. The lateral pinch strength, key pinch strength, tip-to-tip pinch strength and three-jaw pinch strength exertions by females were 68.4%, 68.8%, 78.8% and 81.8% of those exerted by males, respectively. Strength exertions with the non-dominant hand were 6.4%, 5.2%, 6.6% and 5.1% lower than strength exertions of the dominant hand for the lat-eral pinch strength, key pinch strength, tip-to-tip pinch strength and three-jaw pinch strength exertions, respectively.Conclusion: These findings can be used to fill the gaps in strength data for Iranian population.http://journals.tbzmed.ac.ir/HPP/Manuscript/HPP-5-52.pdfLateral pinchKey pinchTip-to-tip pinchThree-jaw pinch |
| spellingShingle | Iman Dianat Hossein Feizi Kosar Hasan-khali Pinch Strengths in Healthy Iranian Children and Young Adult Population Health Promotion Perspectives Lateral pinch Key pinch Tip-to-tip pinch Three-jaw pinch |
| title | Pinch Strengths in Healthy Iranian Children and Young Adult Population |
| title_full | Pinch Strengths in Healthy Iranian Children and Young Adult Population |
| title_fullStr | Pinch Strengths in Healthy Iranian Children and Young Adult Population |
| title_full_unstemmed | Pinch Strengths in Healthy Iranian Children and Young Adult Population |
| title_short | Pinch Strengths in Healthy Iranian Children and Young Adult Population |
| title_sort | pinch strengths in healthy iranian children and young adult population |
| topic | Lateral pinch Key pinch Tip-to-tip pinch Three-jaw pinch |
| url | http://journals.tbzmed.ac.ir/HPP/Manuscript/HPP-5-52.pdf |
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