Reliability of the Bulb Dynamometer for Assessing Grip Strength

Longitudinal assessment of grip strength using bulb dynamometer in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

BACKGROUND Grip strength is used to infer functional status in several pathological conditions, and the hand dynamometer has been used to estimate performance in other areas. However, this relationship is controversial in neuromuscular diseases and studies with the bulb dynamometer comparing healthy children and children with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD) are limited. OBJECTIVE The evolut...

Adult grip strength norms for the Baseline digital dynamometer

Dynamometer Measurements of Grip Strength in Frail Elderly Inpatients

Cite this article: Soto R B. Dynamometer Measurements of Grip Strength in Frail Elderly Inpatients. J J Intern Medicine. 2016, 2(1): 018. Sarcopenia and frailty are two clinical entities that generate loss of independence. Sarcopenia is characterized by loss of skeletal muscle mass and strength and is a risk factor for fraility and physical disabilities [1]. To diagnose fragility must is necess...

Development of an integrated digital hand grip dynamometer and norm of hand grip strength.

This study designs and fabricates a novel integrated digital hand grip dynamometer and analyzes collected grip strength data. The dynamometer directly stores collected data in a computer, unlike those on the market that cannot directly store information. A strain gauge load cell is used as a force sensor. The dynamometer is designed to maximize ergonomics. Excitation voltage of the load cell is...

Reliability of the Pinch Strength with Digitalized Pinch Dynamometer

OBJECTIVE To examine the intra-rater, inter-rater, and inter-instrumental reliability of the digitalized pinch muscle strength dynamometer. METHOD Thirty normal subjects were examined for pinch strength, using both the Preston pinch gauge and the digitalized pinch dynamometer. The participants performed all pinch strength tests in the seated position as recommended by the American Society of ...