Türkmen Ceyhun, Kayabınar Erdi
Department of Occupational Therapy, Faculty of Health Sciences, Çankırı Karatekin University, Çankırı, Turkey.
Department of Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation, Faculty of Health Sciences, Yalova University, Yalova, Turkey.
Work. 2024;79(4):1685-1695. doi: 10.3233/WOR-230046.
Hands execute intricate tasks vital for everyday life and professions such as cooking, tailoring, and craftsmanship.
This study aimed to establish reference data for hand grip and palmar pinch force sense in young adults, accounting for gender differences, and to determine the correlation between these data and school-entry ages.
The cross-sectional observational study comprised 284 participants (156 females and 128 males). Demographic details, including age, gender, weight, and height, were recorded. Participant ages ranged from 18 to 29, representing the youth workforce population as defined by the International Labour Organization. Factors like hand dominance and school-entry age were ascertained based on participants' self-reports. Hand grip and palmar pinch force senses were separately assessed in the dominant and non-dominant hands of 130 randomly chosen participants to evaluate test-retest reliability.
Hand grip (dominant: p < 0.001, non-dominant: p = 0.002) and palmar pinch force sense errors were significantly lower in male participants compared to females. Palmar pinch force sense error for the dominant hand was reduced in males (p = 0.002), but no significant disparity existed between genders for the non-dominant hand (p = 0.222). Healthy adults who began school at age five or earlier exhibited a decreased force sense error rate (p < 0.05).
Force sense error reference values vary based on gender and school-entry age. This reference data will aid rehabilitation specialists working with young adults in physiotherapy and occupational therapy fields in identifying potential impairments.
双手执行着对日常生活和职业（如烹饪、裁缝和手工艺）至关重要的复杂任务。
本研究旨在建立年轻人手握力和手掌捏力感觉的参考数据，考虑性别差异，并确定这些数据与入学年龄之间的相关性。
这项横断面观察性研究包括284名参与者（156名女性和128名男性）。记录了包括年龄、性别、体重和身高在内的人口统计学细节。参与者年龄在18至29岁之间，代表国际劳工组织定义的青年劳动力人口。根据参与者的自我报告确定诸如利手和入学年龄等因素。对130名随机选择的参与者的优势手和非优势手分别评估手握力和手掌捏力感觉，以评估重测信度。
男性参与者的手握力（优势手：p<0.001，非优势手：p=0.002）和手掌捏力感觉误差显著低于女性。男性优势手的手掌捏力感觉误差降低（p=0.002），但非优势手的性别间差异不显著（p=0.222）。五岁或更早开始上学的健康成年人表现出较低的力感觉误差率（p<0.05）。
力感觉误差参考值因性别和入学年龄而异。这些参考数据将有助于物理治疗和职业治疗领域的康复专家识别与年轻人相关的潜在损伤。
