Relationship between demographic characteristics and hand grip measurement of students in UTMKL.

Hisan, Fara Nuur Ain Noor; Saifuzzaman, Ahmad Damdarash; Yasak, Hannan Asyraf Mohd; Kai, Lee Chen; Bani, Nurul Aini; Noor, Norliza Mohd; Aris, Siti Armiza Mohd; Jalil, Siti Zura Abd.; Rahaman, Sharipah Alwiah Syed Abdul; Usman, Sahnius; Abdullah, Haslaile; Kaidi, Hazilah Mad; Muhtazaruddin, Mohd Nabil; Ishak, Ruzana; Muhammad-Sukki, Firdaus; Abu-Bakar, Siti Hawa

Abstract

Biomechanical motion analysis is concerned with the investigation of movement of a subject. In particular, this project is interested in the movement found in nature, in biological systems such as human pinch and human grip. The motion is to be investigated with a view of analyzing the mechanical aspects of it, such as grip rate and force values in Newton and kilograms using a Digital Pinch/Grip Analyser. The hand grip strength (HGS) is an important test used to measure deficiency in hand muscle power, assessment of surgical treatments and rehabilitation evaluation. The aim of this study was to examine the relationship between demographic characteristics on HGS of UTMKL students. Additionally, this study also observes the relation of some anthropometric variables such as weight, height, body mass index (BMI) and hand circumferences with the HGS. Overall, 30 participants participated in this study. Data were collected for demographic variables, medical history, and lifestyle behavior. Maximum dominant hand grip strength (DHGS) in male was at the age of 23 (mean= 276.446N) and 26 years (mean=276.1N) and for female in age 22 (mean=166.1778N). The mean difference in DHGS between both genders was statistically significant (p < 0.05). The mean difference in DHGS between each side was statistically significant (p < 0.05) in the right-hand dominant group, but not in the left-hand dominant group. The dominant hand is stronger than the non-dominant. Right-hand dominance is stronger than left-hand dominance. Besides, DHGS differed significantly across ethnicity and residential area. The DHGS also has positive correlations with age and height in males, and with all measurements (age, height, weight, BMI, hand circumferences) in females. Our study has shown the relationship between HGS with demographic and anthropometric data.

Citation

HISAN, F.N.A.N., SAIFUZZMAN, A.D., MOHD YASAK, H.A., KAI, L.C., BANI, N.A., MOHD NOOR, N., MOHD ARIS, S.A., JALIL, S.Z.A., RAHAMAN, S.A.S.A., USMAN, S., ABDULLAH, H., MAD KAIDI, H., MUHTAZARUDDIN, M.N., ISHAK, R., MUHAMMAD-SUKKI, F. and ABU-BAKAR, S.H. 2017. Relationship between demographic characteristics and hand grip measurement of students in UTMKL. Journal of advanced research in applied mechanics [online], 29(1), pages 9-19. Available from: http://www.akademiabaru.com/doc/ARAMV29_N1_P9_19.pdf

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Jan 8, 2017
• Online Publication Date: Jan 28, 2017
• Publication Date: Jan 31, 2017
• Deposit Date: Nov 9, 2017
• Publicly Available Date: Nov 9, 2017
• Journal: Journal of advanced research in applied mechanics
• Electronic ISSN: 2289-7895
• Publisher: Akademia Baru Publishing (M) Sdn Bhd
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 29
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 9-19
• Keywords: Hand grip strength; UTMKL population based study; Anthropometric; Demographic; Dominant hand grip strength; Hand pinch strength; Biomechanical
• Public URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10059/2582
• Publisher URL: http://www.akademiabaru.com/aram.html