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dc.contributor.author | Wozny, R | - |
dc.contributor.author | Pratt, AL | - |
dc.contributor.author | Periera, CA | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2015-12-03T13:39:22Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2015-08-24 | - |
dc.date.available | 2015-12-03T13:39:22Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2015 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Hand Therapy, 20 (4), pp. 115-123, (2015) | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 1758-9991 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hth.sagepub.com/content/early/2015/08/24/1758998315599792.full.pdf+html | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/11692 | - |
dc.description.abstract | Introduction Hand grip strength is frequently assessed to evaluate interventions or guide treatment. When using calibrated equipment in a standardised method hand held dynamometry is a reliable measure for hand grip strength and can be compared to normative data. However, existing British grip strength normative data was published 20 years ago. Methods A non-experimental quantitative study was carried out to establish if existing UK hand grip norms and consolidated multinational norms were representative of today’s 20-49 year old British adults population. The methodology used was modelled on a previous British study using the mean Jamar dynamometer maximal grip strengths and reported within age bands. Results One hundred and thirty-five healthy British citizens of various ethnicities between 20-49 years were recruited. Grip strength decreased in comparison to the existing British normative data for both males and females in all age bands. A significant difference exists (p<.05) for male right hand aged 40-44 years and right and left hands for women 25-29 years and 45-49 years. Significant differences was also noted in 5 and 8 of the 12 multinational means for men and women respectively. Discussion Due to small sample size, the ability of this study to demonstrate a significant difference in mean grip strength to the earlier British norms is low. However, a small increase in sample size may have resulted in further significant differences with both studies. Thus, suggesting a larger study taking into consideration ethnicity is recommended to ensure valid and reliable grip strength norms are used in practice. | en_US |
dc.description.sponsorship | Cathy Ball and Georgia Spiliotopoulou | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.publisher | SAGE Publications (UK and US) | en_US |
dc.subject | Grip strength | en_US |
dc.subject | Jamar | en_US |
dc.subject | Dynamometry | en_US |
dc.subject | Normative data | en_US |
dc.subject | Ethnicity | en_US |
dc.title | A study of grip strength among 20–49 year old British adults and comparison to existing norms. | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.identifier.doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1758998315599792 | - |
dc.relation.isPartOf | Hand Therapy | - |
pubs.publication-status | Published | - |
pubs.publication-status | Published | - |
Appears in Collections: | Dept of Health Sciences Research Papers |
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