Open AccessNormative reference values on handgrip strength among healthy adults of Dhulikhel, Nepal: A cross-sectional study
Author(s) -
Inosha Bimali,
Regmi Opsana,
Shrestha Jeebika
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of family medicine and primary care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2278-7135
pISSN - 2249-4863
DOI - 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_785_19
Subject(s) - medicine , hand strength , grip strength , normative , cross sectional study , reference values , dynamometer , physical therapy , population , body mass index , gerontology , environmental health , aerospace engineering , philosophy , epistemology , pathology , engineering
Handgrip strength (HGS) is the amount of static force that the hand can generate around the dynamometer and can be defined as the ability of the hand to hold the objects between the thumb and fingers. Handgrip measurement is simple but also a valid measure of overall muscle strength and also provides an objective index of functional integrity of upper extremity.