title: Grip and pinch strength variations in different types of workers.
abstract: We measured grip and pinch strengths in non-manual, light manual and heavy manual workers using a Jamar dynamometer and a pinch measuring device. Heavy manual workers had the strongest grips with the least difference between sides. Office workers had the weakest grips and the greatest difference between sides. Light manual workers were between these two groups. Consequently, the occupation of the patient must be taken into account when using grip and pinch strength measurements to assess the need for rehabilitation and in medicolegal reports.
authors.affiliation: Plastic Surgery Department, Stoke Mandeville Hospital, Aylesbury, UK.
authors.forename: I C
authors.initials: IC
authors.lastname: Josty
authors.forename: M P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Tyler
authors.forename: P C
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Shewell
authors.forename: A H
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Roberts
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D016552:Ergometry; D007839:Functional Laterality; D006230:Hand Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000534:rehabilitation; D018737:Hand Strength / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009790:Occupations