Normative values of handgrip and pinch strengths in healthy female college students in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia: a cross-sectional study

Bulletin of Faculty of Physical Therapy

Table 2 Mean and SD of HGS and PS in different age groups and total sample

		HGS (kg)		Palmar pinch (kg)		Key pinch (kg)		Tip pinch (kg)
Age (yr)	N	D	Non-D	D	Non-D	D	Non-D	D	Non-D
19	10	24.2 ± 0.9**	21.9 ± 1.5	5.9 ± 1.1	4.9 ± 1.0	5.7 ± 2.0	4.7 ± 0.8	5.0 ± 2.2	3.9 ± 1.0
20	11	25.0 ± 0.8**	22.4 ± 1.2	4.7 ± 0.7	4.2 ± 1.1	5 ± 0.7**	4.1 ± 0.8	4.3 ± 0.4**	3.5 ± 1.0
21	10	26.8 ± 1.8	24.5 ± 3.4	5.4 ± 0.7	4.9 ± 0.7	4.8 ± 0.7	4.7 ± 0.9	4.5 ± 1.0	3.8 ± 1.0
22	22	28.7 ± 2.7**^,a	25.5 ± 2.8^a	6.4 ± 2.2**	4.7 ± 1.1	5.5 ± 1.7**	4.4 ± 1.2	4.6 ± 1.4**	3.8 ± 1.2
23	39	29.7 ± 2.1**^,a	26.1 ± 2.7^a	6.5 ± 2.2**	4.9 ± 1.1	6 ± 1.6**	4.6 ± 1.2	5 ± 2.0**	3.9 ± 1.0
24	33	30 ± 1.8**^,a	26.1 ± 2.2^a	6.4 ± 1.8**	4.3 ± 1.3	5.7 ± 1.3**	4.1 ± 1.1	4.6 ± 1.1**	3.3 ± 0.8
25	14	31.5 ± 2.4**^,a	25.4 ± 2.3	6.5 ± 1.4**	4.4 ± 1.0	5.3 ± 1.0**	4.2 ± 0.9	4.2 ± 0.8	3.6 ± 1.0
Total	139	28.8 ± 2.9**	25.2 ± 2.8	6.2 ± 1.9	4.6 ± 1.1	5.56 ± 1.44	4.4 ± 1.1	4.7 ± 1.5	3.7 ± 1.0