ArticleItalian journal of pediatrics2021
Normative data for handgrip strength in Iranian healthy children and adolescents aged 7-18 years: comparison with international norms.
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- Development and cross-validation of LMS-based normative reference standards and health benefits zones for muscular strength among adolescents by age and sex.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Predictive analysis of dominant hand grip strength among young children aged 6-15 years using machine learning techniques: a decision tree and regression analysis.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2025Article
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- Association between arthritis and hand grip strength indices combined with anthropometry in an older Korean population.PloS one · 2023Article
- Reference Values of Absolute and Relative Handgrip Strength in Chilean Schoolchildren with Intellectual Disabilities.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundGrip strength is an essential component of physical fitness. The objective of this study was to develop normative handgrip strength data for Iranian healthy boys and girls comparing their handgrip strength with international reference values.
methodsHandgrip strength was measured in 2637 healthy children/adolescents (1391 boys and 1246 girls), aged 7-18 years, using a standard adjustable Jamar hand dynamometer (Model 5030 J1, Sammons Preston Rolyan, Bolingbrook, IL, USA). Body mass (kg) and stature (cm) were measured and body mass index was computed in kg/m
resultsHandgrip strength increased with age and was considerably higher in boys than in girls for all age groups (p < 0.001). Grip strength had a parallel and linear growth for both genders until the age of about 11 years and showed a steeper upward slope in boys than in girls thereafter. The findings of the current investigation were significantly different from those of the previously published normative data, especially for boys over the age of 12 years and girls in the age range of 7-18 years (p < 0.001). This difference was mainly in such a way that the Iranians had lower handgrip strength.
conclusionsThe differences between present results and those of similar available in the literature in this field emphasize the significant role of using normative data specific to a particular population in research or clinical settings.
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