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 3 Pearson’s and Spearman;s correlation values of HGS and PS of the dominant hand with demographic and anthropometric variables (n = 139)

Independent variables	HGS (kg) (D)	Palmar pinch (kg)	Key pinch (kg)	Tip pinch (kg)
Age (yr)	0.71**	0.202*	0. 085	− 0.037
Weight (kg)	− 0.004	0.032	0.082	0.036
Height (cm)	−0.009	0.072	0.053	0.040
BMI (kg/cm²)	0.000	0.000	0.064	0.015
Wrist circumference	0.079	0.109	0.072	0.071
Palmar width	0.74**	0.41**	0.31**	0.21*
Level of physical activity	0.603**	0.215*	0.167*	0.015
HGS (kg) (D)	–	0.455**	0.283**	0.184*

yr year, kg kilogram, cm centimeter, BMI body mass index, kg/cm² kilogram/centimeter square, HGS handgrip strength, D dominant hand
*P ˂ 0.05, **P ˂ 0.01