Kulshreshtha Monika, Chandel Shivani
Development Monitoring and Evaluation Office, NITI Aayog, Delhi, India.
Department of Anthropology, University of Delhi, Delhi, India.
Arts Health. 2024 May 16:1-13. doi: 10.1080/17533015.2024.2355137.
The present paper aimed to study handgrip strength (HGS) asymmetry and its association with hypertension in a sample of Kathak dancers and non-dancers of North India.
Data on HGS and blood pressure were collected from 206 Kathak dancers and 235 age-matched controls, using standardized protocols. Pearson correlation coefficients assessed the association between HGS and hypertension, and binary logistic regression identified the risk of developing hypertension.
HGS asymmetry was higher among non-dancers. In Kathak dancers, systolic blood pressure (SBP) was positively correlated with HGS and negatively correlated with HGS asymmetry whereas diastolic blood pressure (DBP) was negatively correlated with both HGS and HGS asymmetry. Dancers with high HGS, have significantly reduced risk of developing hypertension. Non-dancers with HGS asymmetry were 1.8 times more likely to report hypertension, relative to dancers.
Kathak may be used as an alternative method for maintaining HGS symmetry and reducing the risk of developing hypertension.
本文旨在研究印度北部卡塔克舞者和非舞者样本中的握力（HGS）不对称性及其与高血压的关联。
采用标准化方案，从206名卡塔克舞者和235名年龄匹配的对照者中收集了握力和血压数据。皮尔逊相关系数评估了握力与高血压之间的关联，二元逻辑回归确定了患高血压的风险。
非舞者的握力不对称性更高。在卡塔克舞者中，收缩压（SBP）与握力呈正相关，与握力不对称性呈负相关，而舒张压（DBP）与握力和握力不对称性均呈负相关。握力高的舞者患高血压的风险显著降低。与舞者相比，存在握力不对称的非舞者报告患高血压的可能性高1.8倍。
卡塔克舞可作为维持握力对称性和降低患高血压风险的一种替代方法。
