Citation

Josty IC, Tyler MP, Shewell PC, Roberts AH. J. Hand Surg. Br. 1997; 22(2): 266-269.

Affiliation

Plastic Surgery Department, Stoke Mandeville Hospital, Aylesbury, UK.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1997, British Society for Surgery of the Hand, Publisher Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

9150004

Abstract

We measured grip and pinch strengths in non-manual, light manual and heavy manual workers using a Jamar dynamometer and a pinch measuring device. Heavy manual workers had the strongest grips with the least difference between sides. Office workers had the weakest grips and the greatest difference between sides. Light manual workers were between these two groups. Consequently, the occupation of the patient must be taken into account when using grip and pinch strength measurements to assess the need for rehabilitation and in medicolegal reports.

Language: en