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1998

Rehabilitation Practice and Science

手握力;指夾力;人體計測因子;兒童;grip strength;pinch strength;anthropometric factors;children

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The Grip And Pinch Strength In Taiwanese Children Of Primary School, Chia-Ling Chen, Wei-Hsien Hong, Shih-Chun Chu, Chin-Man Wang, May-Kuen Wong, Fuk-Tan Tang, Hsien-Ching Chen Jun 1998

The Grip And Pinch Strength In Taiwanese Children Of Primary School, Chia-Ling Chen, Wei-Hsien Hong, Shih-Chun Chu, Chin-Man Wang, May-Kuen Wong, Fuk-Tan Tang, Hsien-Ching Chen

Rehabilitation Practice and Science

This study analyzed the grip and pinch strength of children aged 7 to 12 years old in order to establish the relationship between hand strength and anthropometric factors. Two hundred and two children in primary school were divided into three groups based on age, with group A aged 7 to 8 years, group B aged 9 to 10 years, and group C aged 11 to 12 years old. A Jamar dynamometer was used to measure subjects’ grip strength, and a B&L pinch gauge was used to measure their tip, palmar, chuck, and key pinch strength.Significant differences were found between left …