Measuring factors affecting grip strength in a Taiwan Chinese population and a comparison with consolidated norms

Applied Ergonomics

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 811-815

  Wu, Shu Wen ^a   Wu, Su Fang ^a   Liang, Hong Wei ^a   Wu, Zheng Ting ^a   Huang, Sophia ^b  

^a TAJEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO   (United States)

Author keywords

Consolidated norm; Grip position; Grip span; Grip strength; Palm length

Indexed keywords

ERGONOMICS; PHYSICAL THERAPY;

CONSOLIDATED NORM; GRIP POSITION; GRIP SPAN; GRIP STRENGTH; PALM LENGTH;

REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGE DETERMINATION; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CHINESE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ERGONOMICS; ETHNIC AND RACIAL GROUPS; FEMALE; GRIP STRENGTH; HAND; HAND PALM; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEASUREMENT; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; SEX DETERMINATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; TAIWAN;

EID: 64449087558     PISSN: 00036870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apergo.2008.08.006     Document Type: Article

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