Hand grip strength : Age and gender specific normative data of healthy adult Egyptian population / Fairouz Hatem Mohammed Ameen Hussain ; Supervised Omaima Mohammed Ali Kattabei , Mohammed Taher Eldesoky , Magda Gayed

Thesis (Ph.D.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Physical Therapy - Department of Basic Science

The existing normative values of the hand grip strength are not suitable for all populations, plus, it can change with time due to alterations in lifestyles, age, gender, handedness, Work and leisure activities, anthropometric data, geographic location and races, consequently we mustn{u2019}t depend on them as they were performed on nations that are different from us. Though this study was conducted to establish normal values of hand grip strength for healthy adult Egyptian populationThe sample was randomly collected according to a sample size calculation from urban, suburban and rural areas all over Cairo, from April 2014 till May 2016. Jamar dynamometer was used to assess hand grip strength. The American society of hand therapists recommended position was applied and a mean of three trials was recorded. Anthropometric data and occupation was collected from the subjects for further correlations. After exclusion of subjects according to our exclusion criteria, the participating subjects was 1029 individual with 505 female subjects and 524 male subjects, with mean ages of 42.4 years for total population the mean height was 167.5 cms, the mean weight was 78.2 kgs the mean BMI was 27.9 and the mean Right hand grip strength and left hand grip strength were 31.2 kgs and 29.6 kgs respectively

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