AN ASSOCIATION OF DOMINANT HAND GRIP STRENGTH WITH SELECTED ANTHROPOMETRIC VARIABLES IN SCHOOL GOING BOYS

Dr. Pintu Sil

Abstract

The purpose of the study was to find out the best predictor of hand grip strength (HGS) among the different anthropometric parameters of dominant hand. The present study deals with the correlations between dominant hand grip strength (HGS) with selected five anthropometric variables, namely, wrist width, femur width, wrist circumference, biceps girth and total arm length. For this purpose a total of 500 normal, healthy school-going boys aged 10-14 years were selected randomly from different schools of CoochBehar district, West Bengal, India. Mean and Standard deviation were calculated for each variable as descriptive statistics and Coefficient of Correlation was measured by Pearson’s Product Moment Method using standard statistical software. The significance level was set for the present study was only 0.05 level of confidence. The findings of the present study indicated a strong association of dominant right hand grip strength with all the anthropometric variables considered for the present project in school going boys.  From the findings it may be concluded that hand grip strength, especially of the right hand, has more strong association with the wrist width than the wrist circumference in school going boys. Dominant hand grip strength has also strong and significant relationship with femur width, biceps girth and total arm length. Results also revealed that the femur width has to be considered as the best predictor of hand grip strength than others variables in school going boys.

Keywords: Hand grip strength, Anthropometric variables, School-going boys