Normative Hand Strength of Healthcare Industry Workers in Central Taiwan

• Published in: International journal of environmental research and public health Vol. 18; no. 1; p. 187
• Main Authors: Lo, Victor Ei-Wen, Chao, Shu-Min, Tu, Hsin-Hung
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 29.12.2020; MDPI
• Subjects: Adult; Adults; Age; Biometrics; Cross-Sectional Studies; Design; Experiments; Female; Fingers & toes; Grip strength; Hand Strength; Health care; Health care industry; Health Personnel; Humans; Male; Manufacturing industry; Middle Aged; Muscle fatigue; Norms; Population; Prediction models; Questionnaires; Reference Values; Service industries; Sexes; Standard deviation; Taiwan; Workers; Young Adult; Taiwan; United States > US; hand strength; healthcare industry; prediction; pinch; press; power grip

: The purpose of this study is to establish the norms of hand grip strength in the healthcare industry in Taiwan and propose models to predict the strength of hand movement by regression with demographic and anthropometric factors. : This is a cross-sectional study with a stratified convenience samp...