OBJECTIVE: To assess whether participants were able to select the handgrip position on a Jamar hand dynamometer with which the maximal handgrip strength could be delivered, while sitting and while standing. DESIGN: A criterion standard comparison study. SETTING: A university campus in the Netherlands. PARTICIPANTS: Fifty-six healthy subjects (30 men, 26 women; mean age, 30 y; range, 19-60 y) voluntarily participated. Interventions Not applicable. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Maximal handgrip strength for the self-selected and non-self-selected handgrip position of the hand dynamometer (positions 2 or 3), while sitting and while standing. RESULTS: The self-selected handgrip position resulted in the highest mean maximal grip strength compared with the non-self-selected handgrip strength, both for sitting (mean difference, 2.3 kg; P </=.001) and for standing (mean difference, 2.1 kg; P </=.001). CONCLUSIONS: Both in sitting and in standing, participants were able to self-select the handgrip position on the hand dynamometer with which the maximal handgrip strength could be delivered. Therefore, it may be useful to introduce self-selection of the handgrip position in protocols to assess the maximal handgrip strength.
OBJECTIVE: To assess whether participants were able to select the handgrip position on a Jamar hand dynamometer with which the maximal handgrip strength could be delivered, while sitting and while standing. DESIGN: A criterion standard comparison study. SETTING: A university campus in the Netherlands. PARTICIPANTS: Fifty-six healthy subjects (30 men, 26 women; mean age, 30 y; range, 19-60 y) voluntarily participated. Interventions Not applicable. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Maximal handgrip strength for the self-selected and non-self-selected handgrip position of the hand dynamometer (positions 2 or 3), while sitting and while standing. RESULTS: The self-selected handgrip position resulted in the highest mean maximal grip strength compared with the non-self-selected handgrip strength, both for sitting (mean difference, 2.3 kg; P </=.001) and for standing (mean difference, 2.1 kg; P </=.001). CONCLUSIONS: Both in sitting and in standing, participants were able to self-select the handgrip position on the hand dynamometer with which the maximal handgrip strength could be delivered. Therefore, it may be useful to introduce self-selection of the handgrip position in protocols to assess the maximal handgrip strength.
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