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Normal pinch strength
H Brorson1, C O Werner, K G Thorngren
1Department of Orthopedics Lund University Hospital, Sweden.
Acta Orthopaedica Scandinavica
|February 1, 1989
Abstract:
The normal pinch strength was determined with the Mannerfelt-Ulrich intrinsic meter in 90 men and women aged 21-65 years. The pinch strength decreased with increasing age. The ratio dominant/nondominant hand was 1.12, 0.13 (mean, SD) for both men and women. The ratio would be useful in evaluating pinch strength under pathologic conditions.
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