Grip and key pinch strength: Norms for 15- to 22-year-old Chinese students

Chinese Medical Journal (Taipei)

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 21-27

  Ho, Roger Wen Dau ^a   Chang, Shien Young ^b   Wang, Chung Wen ^a   Hwang, Min Huo ^c  

^a FAR EASTERN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b TZU CHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c SHOW CHWAN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Dynamometer; Grip strength; Key pinch strength; Pinch gauge

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; DYNAMOMETRY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GRIP STRENGTH; HAND GRIP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; WRITING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0033987883     PISSN: 05781337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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