Hand Grip Strength in Chilean Adults

Hand Grasp Clinical Trial

Official title:

Normative Hand Grip Strength in Healthy Adult Chilean Population: Determining Labour and Anthropometric Factors.

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT05396365
• Other study ID #: Universidad del Desarrollo
• Status: Completed
• Start date: May 1, 2018
• Est. completion date: August 31, 2018

Study information

• Verified date: May 2022
• Source: Universidad del Desarrollo
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

Context Hand grip strength (HGS) is an important parameter to assess hand function during the rehabilitation of hand injuries. HGS serves as a clinical predictor of complications after surgery.

Purpose Establish HGS reference values in healthy adult Chilean population.

Study design analytical cross-sectional.

Method 311 healthy women and men, ages 18 to 65 years participated in the study. HGS was measured with a dynamometer, according to the American Society of Hand Therapists protocol. Additionally, anthropometric and labour characteristics were registered. Kruskal-Wallis test, Wilcoxon-Mann-Whitney test and multiple linear regression were used for data analysis. Significance was set at .05.

Results Median HGS in women was 26 kg and 43 kg for men. Men demonstrated 3% more HGS on the dominant versus non-dominant hand. Women's median HGS was no different between dominant versus non-dominant hand. In men and women, manual labour activity was associated with a higher HGS. The relationships between subject anthropometric measurements and HGS were different in women versus men.

Conclusions This study determined HGS in Chilean healthy adults. Results can be used as a reference standard for clinical measures related to illness, injury and rehabilitation.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 311
• Est. completion date: August 31, 2018
• Est. primary completion date: July 31, 2018
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years to 65 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Men and women aged between 18 and 65 years;

2. capable of adopting a seated assessment posture -

Exclusion Criteria:

1. current hand or upper limb pain;

2. history of surgery, fracture, or any condition in the upper limb that could alter hand grip strength

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Hand Grasp

Intervention

Diagnostic Test:
• Dynamometry
Hand grip dynamometer measure of strength and anthropometric measurements

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Chile	Universidad del Desarrollo	Santiago

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Maria Jesus Mena-Iturriaga

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Chile, 

References & Publications (2)

Massy-Westropp N, Rankin W, Ahern M, Krishnan J, Hearn TC. Measuring grip strength in normal adults: reference ranges and a comparison of electronic and hydraulic instruments. J Hand Surg Am. 2004 May;29(3):514-9. — View Citation

Massy-Westropp NM, Gill TK, Taylor AW, Bohannon RW, Hill CL. Hand Grip Strength: age and gender stratified normative data in a population-based study. BMC Res Notes. 2011 Apr 14;4:127. doi: 10.1186/1756-0500-4-127. — View Citation

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Hand Grip Strength normative values	The subject was seated on a chair with a vertical backrest, both feet fully supported on the ground, shoulders in neutral position, arms next to the trunk, test-side elbow at 90 degrees flexion, forearm in neutral position, and wrist at 0-30 degrees dorsiflexion and 0-15 degrees ulnar deviation. The second position of the dynamometer was used for the measurement, as recommended by the ASHT. For HGS measurement, the dynamometer was positioned vertically and aligned with the forearm to maintain the forearm and wrist position as previously described	3 months
Secondary	Accompanying determinant factors of hand grip strength	correlate hadn grip strength with weight, height and anthropometric characteristics measurements	10 minutes