Fain Elizabeth, Weatherford Cara
Winston-Salem State University, 446 F.L. Atkins Building, 601 S. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, Winston-Salem, NC 27110, USA.
Winston-Salem State University, 446 F.L. Atkins Building, 601 S. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, Winston-Salem, NC 27110, USA.
J Hand Ther. 2016 Oct-Dec;29(4):483-488. doi: 10.1016/j.jht.2015.12.006. Epub 2016 Jan 11.
Cross-sectional research design.
Clinical practice continues to use normative data for grip and pinch measurements that were established in 1985. There is no updated norms despite different hand usage patterns in today's society.
Measuring and comparing grip and pinch strengths with normative data is a valid method to determine hand function. This research was implemented to compare the grip and pinch measurements obtained from healthy millennials to the established norms and to describe hand usage patterns for millennials.
Grip and lateral pinch measurements were obtained from a sample of 237 healthy millennials (ages 20-34 years).
Strength scores were statistically lower that older normative data in all millennial grip strengths, with the exception of the women in the age group of 30-34 years. Specifically, this statistically significant trend was observed in all male grip strengths, as well as in women in the age group of 20-24 years (bilateral grip) and 25-29 years (right grip). However, the lateral pinch data reflected was similar to the older norms with variances of 0.5-1 kg.
Current data reflect statistically significant differences from the norms for all male grip measurements, as well as for women in the age group of 20-24 years (bilateral grip) and 25-29 years (right grip). No statistical significance was observed in the independent-sample t tests for the lateral pinch in men of all age groups. Statistical significance was noted for lateral pinch for female age groups for the left hand (20-24 years) and for bilateral lateral pinches (30-34 years).
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横断面研究设计。
临床实践仍在使用1985年建立的握力和捏力测量的标准数据。尽管当今社会手部使用模式有所不同，但尚无更新的标准。
将握力和捏力测量值与标准数据进行比较是确定手部功能的有效方法。本研究旨在将健康千禧一代的握力和捏力测量值与既定标准进行比较，并描述千禧一代的手部使用模式。
从237名健康千禧一代（年龄20 - 34岁）的样本中获取握力和侧捏力测量值。
除30 - 34岁年龄组的女性外，所有千禧一代的握力强度得分在统计学上均低于较旧的标准数据。具体而言，在所有男性握力以及20 - 24岁年龄组（双侧握力）和25 - 29岁年龄组（右手握力）的女性中均观察到这种具有统计学意义的趋势。然而，所反映的侧捏力数据与较旧的标准相似，方差为0.5 - 1千克。
当前数据表明，所有男性握力测量值以及20 - 24岁年龄组（双侧握力）和25 - 29岁年龄组（右手握力）的女性与标准存在统计学上的显著差异。在所有年龄组男性的侧捏力独立样本t检验中未观察到统计学意义。在女性年龄组中，左手（20 - 24岁）和双侧侧捏力（30 - 34岁）的侧捏力具有统计学意义。
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