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GripAble: interrater reliability and normative grip strength of UK population
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Author(s)
Mutalib, Sharah Abdul
Sharma, Deepika
Pike, Sonia
Gwynne, Liz
Hyde, Samantha
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Type
Journal Article
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Hand grip strength is an established indicator of individual health status and is used as a biomarker for predicting mortality, disability, and disease risks. GripAble hand grip dynamometer offers a modernized approach to measuring grip strength with its digital and high-accuracy measurement system. PURPOSE: This study aimed to (1) assess the interrater reliability of maximum grip strength (MGS) measurement and (2) establish GripAble's own gender-, age group- and hand-stratified normative MGS reference values of the adult UK population. STUDY DESIGN: Cross-sectional study design. METHODS: Interrater reliability among three raters assessing 30 participants across diverse age groups was measured using the intraclass correlation. In the second study, 11 investigators gathered MGS data from 907 participants across diverse age groups and gender. The average, standard deviation, minimum, median, maximum, and percentiles of MGS were computed for each gender, age group, and hand (L/R). The relationship between MGS and age was examined using quantile regression analysis. Additionally, generalized linear model regression analysis was conducted to explore the influence of participants' demographics (gender, hand [L/R], hand length, hand circumference, age, weight, and height) on MGS. RESULTS: MGS measurements between raters showed excellent agreement (ICC(2,1) = 0.991, 95% confidence interval [0.98, 1.0]). The MGS and age relationship follows a curvilinear pattern, reaching a peak median MGS values of up to 20 kg between 30 and 49 years for females and up to 35 kg between 30 and 59 years for males. Subsequently, MGS declined as age advanced. Gender and hand (L/R) emerged as the primary factors influencing MGS, followed by hand length, hand circumference, age, weight, and height. CONCLUSIONS: The presented normative MGS reference values can be used for interpreting MGS measurements obtained from adults in the United Kingdom using GripAble. This study, along with previous studies on GripAble devices, confirms GripAble as a reliable and valid tool for measuring MGS.
Date Issued
2025-04-01
Date Acceptance
2023-12-30
Citation
Journal of Hand Therapy, 2025, 38 (2), pp.397-408
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/112256
URL
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0894113023002016?via%3Dihub
DOI
https://www.dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jht.2023.12.013
ISSN
0894-1130
Publisher
Elsevier
Start Page
397
End Page
408
Journal / Book Title
Journal of Hand Therapy
Volume
38
Issue
2
Copyright Statement
© 2024 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Inc. This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
License URL
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Identifier
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/38521687
Subjects
GripAble
Hand grip strength
Interrater reliability
Maximum grip strength
Normative reference values
UK population
Publication Status
Published
Coverage Spatial
United States
Date Publish Online
2024-03-22
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