Gender difference in the relationship of performance in the handgrip and standing long jump tests to lean limb volume in young adults

Davies, B. N.; Greenwood, Elizabeth J.; Jones, Steven R.

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“…They reported a significant correlation coefficient between grip strength and back strength of r=0.501 and between grip strength and quadriceps strength of r=0.536. Additionally, three studies reported a significant correlation between grip strength and arm circumference and arm strength [15,28,30] and two studies reported a significant correlation between grip strength and jumping strength [9,16]. Also, several studies reported a significant association between grip strength and physical fitness or health status [1,7,22,36,40].…”

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“…Therefore, muscle strength is an important outcome. However, muscle strength changes with growth, and therefore, values obtained in healthy children should serve as a reference for children and adolescents with acute and chronic conditions when muscle strength is a measure for diagnostic purposes, followup, or to assess the efficacy of therapy [9].…”

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“…Reliable muscle strength measurement of different muscle groups is time-consuming and a quick and simple measurement might provide a good indication of the general muscle strength. Grip strength might be an adequate measurement indicative for generalized muscle strength because, in adults, grip strength is also associated with arm, back, and leg strength [9,16,39].…”

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Is grip strength a predictor for total muscle strength in healthy children, adolescents, and young adults?

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The primary purpose of this study was to examine whether grip strength is related to total muscle strength in children, adolescents, and young adults. The second purpose was to provide reference charts for grip strength, which could be used in the clinical and research setting. This cross-sectional study was performed at primary and secondary schools and the University of Applied Sciences. Three hundred and eighty-four healthy Dutch children, adolescents, and young adults at the age of 8 to 20 years participated. Isometric muscle strength was measured with a handheld dynamometer of four muscle groups (shoulder abductors, grip strength, hip flexors, and ankle dorsiflexors). Total muscle strength was a summing up of shoulder abductors, hip flexors, and ankle dorsiflexors. All physical therapists participated in a reliability study. The study was started when intratester and intertester reliability was high (Pearson correlation coefficient >0.8). Grip strength was strongly correlated with total muscle strength, with correlation coefficients between 0.736 and 0.890 (p < 0.01). However, the correlation was weaker when controlled for weight (0.485-0.564, p < 0.01). Grip strength is related to total muscle strength. This indicates, in the clinical setting, that grip strength can be used as a tool to have a rapid indication of someone's general muscle strength. The developed reference charts are suitable for evaluating muscle strength in children, adolescents, and young adults in clinical and research settings.

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“…Concerning the anaerobic power diVerence between the sexes, one study accounted for the sex diVerence by anthropometric determination (Bruyn-Prevost and Sturbois 1984), while other studies failed to account for this (Davies et al 1988;Mayhew and Salm 1990;Nindl et al 1995). However, no study has reported on contributing factors to multiplanar explosive power using a side medicine-ball throw for male and female athletes.…”

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Relationship between side medicine-ball throw performance and physical ability for male and female athletes

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The purpose of the study was to examine the factors contributing to performance of a side medicine-ball throw (S-MBT) and a fast side medicine-ball throw (FS-MBT) and to analyze some of the factors which account for the difference in side medicine ball throw performance between the sexes. Sixteen males and ten females were evaluated by S-MBT, FS-MBT, isometric maximal trunk rotation torque (IMTRT), One repetition maximum of Parallel Squat (1RM(PS)) and Bench Press (1RM(BP)), Bench Press peak power (BP(PP)), Static Squat Jump peak power (SSJ(PP)) and vertical jump height. Males demonstrated significantly greater scores than females in all measurements. Significant correlations were observed in males, but not in females, between the distances during S-MBT and the IMTRT values (r = 0.596-0.739, P < 0.05-0.01) and the 1RM(PS) values (r = 0.683-0.725, P < 0.01). In FS-MBT performance, significant correlations were observed in males, but not in females, between the ball velocity values during FS-MBT and the IMTRT values (r = 0.611-0.687, P < 0.05-0.01), 1RM(BP) values (r = 0.596-0.655, P < 0.05-0.01) and 1RM(PS) values (r = 0.679-0.718, P < 0.01). These results suggested that the contributing factors of S-MBT and FS-MBT performance were deferent in males and females. Hence, the side medicine-ball throw test would be useful to examine the trunk rotation power of male athletes, but may have a limited potential as a predictor of trunk rotation power for female athletes.

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“…Thickness of the stratum corneum of the volar fingertips has been found to be thinner in women than in men (Fruhstorfer et al 2000) and a significant difference between genders has been reported in collagen and elastic fibre density in 45 skin biopsies taken from limbs or the trunk (VitellaroZuccarello et al 1994). Tur (1997) summarised the differences in skin physiology between men and women: Skin thickness in young subjects (27-31 years) is greater in men than in women across the entire body except for the lower back (Seidenari et al 1994); Skinfold thickness in younger subjects (17-24 years) is lower in the limbs of women (Davies et al 1988) and skinfold compression is less in the limbs of women in younger subjects (Hattori et al 1993). …”

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Finger skin cooling on contact with cold materials: an investigation of male and female responses during short-term exposures with a view on hand and finger size

Jay

Havenith

2004

Eur J Appl Physiol

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Abstract. This study investigates the independent effects of hand anthropometry and gender upon contact cooling responses. Subjects were selected for matching hand/finger size between genders, with equal variation between individuals of each group. Fourteen volunteers (7 male, 7 female) participated, touching blocks of aluminium and stainless steel using the first phalanx of the index finger with a contact force of 1.0N and 9.8N, at surface temperatures of -2°C and -10°C. Conditions were selected in order to elicit varying rates of skin cooling upon contact.Contact temperature (T C ) of the finger-pad was measured over time using a T-type thermocouple. Overall, no significant difference was found between the cooling responses of males and females. In order to investigate whether differences in hand anthropometry correlated with contact cooling response, a multiple regression approach was used. Analyses of the residual variance in contact cooling data after the effects of material type, surface temperature and finger contact force had been accounted for, showed that, under slow cooling conditions (over 45 seconds to reach T C = 1°C), hand size correlated significantly with contact cooling response only when represented by index finger volume (p<0.05), and gender did not. Whilst under fast cooling conditions (below 25 seconds to reach T C = 1°C), hand size did not correlate significantly with contact cooling response at all, but gender had a significant effect (p<0.001). Under slow cooling conditions, a larger finger (and most cases hands) provides a higher heat content thus giving a slower skin cooling speed. Under fast cooling conditions, the significantly longer time required for males to reach a T C of 1°C despite matching hand and finger size is attributed to higher epidermal insulation provided by the thicker stratum corneum typically found in males, combined with the higher starting skin temperature observed in the "slightly cool" environment.

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Gender difference in the relationship of performance in the handgrip and standing long jump tests to lean limb volume in young adults

Cited by 44 publications

References 19 publications

Is grip strength a predictor for total muscle strength in healthy children, adolescents, and young adults?

Is grip strength a predictor for total muscle strength in healthy children, adolescents, and young adults?

Relationship between side medicine-ball throw performance and physical ability for male and female athletes

Finger skin cooling on contact with cold materials: an investigation of male and female responses during short-term exposures with a view on hand and finger size

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