A preliminary study on the hand grip and pinch strength among adults in an indigenous people community in Royal Belum Forest, Malaysia.

Bani, Nurul Aini; Noor, Norliza Mohd; Aris, Siti Armiza Mohd; Muhtazaruddin, Mohd Nabil; Kaidi, Hazilah Mad; Jalil, Siti Zura Abd; Usman, Sahnius; Muhammad-Sukki, Firdaus; Mas'ud, Abdullahi Abubakar

Abstract

Handgrip strength is a general indicator of muscle strength and nutritional status of an adult population and is linked with premature mortality as well as physical disabilities. In this preliminary study, handgrip strength among adults in an indigenous community in Malaysia is measured using a cross-sectional study design. Structured questionnaire on sociodemographic characteristics, medical history, and hand strength measurements were taken. Overall, 28 adults aged 25 years and older participated in this study with 64.23% are males and all of them are from Jahai tribe. The overall sample mean (standard deviation) age are 39.8 (13.2) years. As expected, males have significantly higher recorded measurement than females (p< 0.05) both in handgrip and hand pinch strength with mean (standard deviation) of 30.6 (10.5) and 6.1 (2.4) respectively.

Citation

BANI, N.A., MOHD NOOR, N., MOHD ARIS, S.A., MUHTAZARUDDIN, M.N., MAD KAIDI, H., JALIL, S.Z.A., USMAN, S., MUHAMMAD-SUKKI, F. and MAS'UD, A.A. 2017. A preliminary study on the hand grip and pinch strength among adults in an indigenous people community in Royal Belum Forest, Malaysia. In Proceedings of the 2017 IEEE region 10 conference (TENCON 2017), 5-8 November 2017, Penang, Malaysia. New York: IEEE [online], article number 8228207, pages 2099-2103. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1109/TENCON.2017.8228207

• Conference Name: 2017 IEEE region 10 conference (TENCON 2017)
• Conference Location: Penang, Malaysia
• Start Date: Nov 5, 2017
• End Date: Nov 8, 2017
• Acceptance Date: Jul 3, 2017
• Online Publication Date: Nov 5, 2017
• Publication Date: Dec 21, 2017
• Deposit Date: Jan 16, 2018
• Publicly Available Date: Jan 16, 2018
• Electronic ISSN: 2159-3450
• Publisher: IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
• Article Number: 8228207
• Pages: 2099-2103
• Series ISSN: 2159-3450
• ISBN: 9781509011353
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/TENCON.2017.8228207
• Keywords: Hand grip strength; Hand pinch strength; Indigenous people; Socio demographic; Test
• Public URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10059/2669