1Associate Professor, DES Brijlal Jindal College of Physiotherapy, Pune
2Clinical Physiotherapist, Pune
*Corresponding author: Ambarish Akre, Associate Professor, DES Brijlal Jindal College of Physiotherapy, Fergusson College Campus, Pune- 411 004. E-mail: physioambarishakre1412@gmail.com, Tel: +91-9970577204
Online published on 6 April, 2015.
To measure the Strength of Cylindrical Grip in 6–11 years Children in Pune City.
This was a cross sectional study done amongst students at Sinhgad Spring Dale School, Ambegaon, Pune during November 2012 to January 2013. Total 120 school children were selected by convenient sampling. Information was gathered of the grip strength of both the hands measured by a modified sphygmomanometer. Maximum three readings were collected and then an average of those three readings was taken.
Unpaired t test was done to compare the strength of the grips between the right hand and left hand grips between girls and boys and the dominant and non dominant hands. The difference in the dominant and non dominant grip strengths of girls and boys was found to be extremely significant (p < 0.0001).
There is no significant difference between right hand and left hand grip strength of girls and boys of 6-11years.The dominant hand is stronger than the non-dominant hand of 6-11years children.
Strength, Cylindrical grip, Dominance
