A Study of Pinch Strength in Normal Taiwanese Adults

本篇的研究旨在探討正常台灣成年人的捏力值，以及調查年齡、性別、身高、體重和手指的長度與捏力值的關係。總計對356位成人（22歲至88歲）在同一標準姿勢下，分別對慣用手與非慣用手作捏力測試。結果顯示：在性別方面，男性的捏力值一般比女性大。而男性在59歲以前捏力值並沒有明顯差異，59歲以後則越來越小。至於女性方面則在40-59歲間，捏力值最大。慣用手的捏力值與大拇指，食指的長度，及身高、體重有相關性。非慣用手則只與身高，體重有關。整體而言，慣用手與非慣用手的捏力值表現，約有13%的差異。本篇的結果，可供職能治療師在手部復健方面，作日後病情評與治療的參考。

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The purpose of this study was to describe norms of pinch strength for normal Taiwanese adults and to investigate the effects the of age, gender, height, weight, and digit length on pinch strength. Three types of pich (i.e. tip, key, and palmar pinch) were measured for a sample of 356 adults aged 20 to 88 years from a major metropolitan city located in southern Taiwan. A newly calibrated B&L pinch gauge was used for strength measurements with a standardized position during testing. The dominant hand was tested first, followed by the nondominant hand. The average of two trials for each pinch strength test was used the subject’s test scores. The results indicated that in the male group, pinch strength remained relatively stable up to 50 59 years old before a decline began, whereas pinch strength peaked with the 40- to 59-year-ol group for female subjects. Males were significantly affected by such variables as the lengths of thumb and index finger and height, along with weight. Finally, there was an overall 13% pinch strength difference between the dominant and nondominant hands for the total sample. These findings provide therapists with objective data concerning the pinch strength of the Taiwanese adult’s hand for clinical use.

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hand fuction ； had pinch evaluation ； occupational therapy

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A Study of Pinch Strength in Normal Taiwanese Adults

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