The Takei Handheld Dynamometer: An Effective Clinical Outcome Measure Tool for Hand and Wrist Function in Boxing

Gatt, Ian; Smith-Moore, Sophie; Steggles, Charlie; Loosemore, Mike

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“…[36,37] HGS was most often measured using the Takei or Jamar hand dynamometers. Studies show that both measuring devices are successfully used to assess HGS, [38,39] but the scores may differ due to different shapes of the handles. The devices and the methods of measuring HGS should be made uniform.…”

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Association between Handgrip Strength and Depression in Older Adults - A Systematic Review and a Meta-Analysis

Zasadzka

Pieczyńska

Trzmiel

et al. 2021

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Background: Depression remains an important health problem among older adults. Disorders in older age result from the accumulation of various factors, chief among them somatic diseases, stressful life events, social isolation, unfavorable social attitudes towards older people, declined cognitive function, malnutrition, polypharmacy. Depression may be associated with the deterioration of physical fitness, whose chief indicator is hand grip strength (HGS). The aim of the study was to investigate the relationship between depression and HGS among older populations using the available literature. Methods: PubMed, Web of Science and Science Direct databases were searched. The inclusion criteria were as follows: written in English and published after 2009, subject age: ³60 years, HGS measured using a hand dynamometer, assessment of the depressive symptoms using a validated tool. The following articles were excluded: studies conducted among institutionalized subjects and/or populations with a specific disease. Results: The total combined effect of 33 results presented in 16 studies included in the meta-analysis, converted to the correlation coefficient, was OEr =-.148(SE = .030, 95%CI:-.206 – -.091), indicating a weak, negative correlation between HGS and depressive symptoms. Conclusion: The review of the literature and the meta-analysis demonstrated a relationship between low muscle strength measured with the HGS test and intensified depressive symptoms in older populations. Bearing in mind that depression is often unrecognized or underdiagnosed among older patients, lowered muscle strength in older subjects, should be an important sign for physicians and physiotherapists and an incentive to screen them for depression.

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Association between Handgrip Strength and Depression in Older Adults - A Systematic Review and a Meta-Analysis

Zasadzka

Pieczyńska

Trzmiel

et al. 2021

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“…The procedure was performed 3 times with both arms. The highest score was recorded for handgrip strength 6 . 6mWT was performed to obtain the gait speed of the patients based on the original test protocol 7 .…”

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Determinants of Bone Health in Older Adults

Kolbaşı¹,

Demirdağ²,

Yildiz³

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Objective:The objective of this study was to determine the predictors of bone health in older adults. Methods: A total of 313 subjects older than 65 years (mean age 74.2±6.4 years, 70.6% female) were included in the study. Demographic characteristics of participants such as gait speed, handgrip strength, level of physical activity (using Rapid Assessment of Physical Activity-RAPA scale), vitamin D levels, T scores of femur neck (FN) and lumbar spine (LS) were recorded. Results: Based on FN, 40.7% of participants had normal T scores whereas 46.2% and 13.1% of them were osteopenic and osteoporotic, respectively. FN was correlated with age (r:-0.184, p<0.001), BMI (r:0.269, p<0.001), and handgrip strength (r:0.149, p:0.009) in addition to the aerobic subscale of RAPA (RAPA-aerobic) (r:-0.133, p:0.02). Similarly, the LS was correlated with female gender (r:-0.207, p<0.001), age (r:0.136, p:0.016), body mass index (BMI) (r:0.246, p<0.001) and handgrip strength (r:0.217, p<0.001). The predictors of bone health were decided upon using multiple logistic regression analysis. The deterministic model consisted of age, gender, BMI, height, weight, handgrip strength, gait speed, RAPA-aerobic and vitamin D. For LS dependent variable, the overall model was significant (F:10.149, p<0.001). However, only two variables were significant predictors in the model ie. weight (β:0.389, p<0.001) and handgrip strength (β=0.186, p<0.001). Similarly for independent variable of FN, the overall model was significant (F:6.525, p<0.001) and only two variables were significant predictors: weight (β:0.371, p<0.001) and RAPA-Aerobic (β:0.148, p:0.009). Conclusion: Lower levels of body weight, participation in aerobic activity and handgrip strength might be risk factors for deterioration of bone health in older adults. ÖZAmaç: Bu çalışmada amaç, yaşlı bireylerde kemik sağlığını belirleyen faktörleri saptamaktır. Metod: 65 yaş ve üzeri 313 birey (ort. yaş 74.2±6.4 yıl, %70.6 kadın) çalışmaya dahil edildi. Demografik veriler, yürüyüş hızı, kavrama kuvveti, fiziksel aktivite düzeyi (Fiziksel Etkinliğin Hızlı Değerlendirilmesi-FEHD kullanılarak) ve vitamin D seviyeleri, femur boyun (FN) ve lumbal omurgaya (LS) ait T skorları kaydedildi. Bulgular: FN'e göre katılımcıların %40,7'si normal T skoru düzeylerine sahipken; %46,2'si osteopenik ve %13,1'i osteoporotikti. FN, yaş (r:-0.184, p<0.001), VKİ (r:0.269, p<0.001) ve kavrama kuvvetine (r:0.149, p:0.009) ek olarak FEHD'nin aerobik alt skalası (FEHD-aerobik) (r:-0.133, p:0.02) ile ilişkiliydi. Benzer şekilde LS, kadın cinsiyet (r:-0.207, p<0.001), yaş (r:0.136, p:0.016), vücut kitle indeksi (VKİ) (r:0.246, p<0.001) ve kavrama kuvveti (r:0.217, p<0.001) ile ilişkiliydi. Kemik sağlığının belirleyicileri çoklu lojistik regresyon analizi kullanılarak kararlaştırıldı. Belirleyici model içerisinde yaş, cinsiyet, VKİ, boy, kilo, kavrama kuvveti, yürüyüş hızı, FEHD-aerobik ve vitamin D yer aldı. LS bağımsız değişkeni için, model anlamlıydı (F:10.149, p<0.001); ancak, modelde yer alan değişkenlerden yalnızca kilo ...

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“…In Boxing, hand-wrist injuries account for the highest amount of days lost to training and overall duration than any other body part [2]. This is not surprising considering that forces of almost 5000N have been recorded when throwing a punch [3,4].…”

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“…As described by Gatt et al [2], a power grip should be tested for knuckle strength providing information on functional ability, and therefore clinically informing on injury severity. Like knuckle injuries, strength for carpo metacarpal injuries is best assessed using the hand grip dynamometer with a difference of >20% between sides (as compared to baseline) indicating a possible significant pathology.…”

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The Takei Handheld Dynamometer: An Effective Clinical Outcome Measure Tool for Hand and Wrist Function in Boxing

Abstract: The Takei dynamometer is a valid and reliable outcome measure tool for hand and wrist pathologies in boxing. Our study highlights the importance of appropriate clinical tools to guide injury management in this sport.

Cited by 25 publications

References 18 publications

Association between Handgrip Strength and Depression in Older Adults - A Systematic Review and a Meta-Analysis

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Determinants of Bone Health in Older Adults

Objective Measures in Sports: Hand-Wrist Injuries in Boxing

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