A study of the effect of a "resting splint" on peak grip strength.
Authors
Perez-Balke G; Buchholz BO
Source
Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 38th Annual Meeting, October 24-28, 1994, Nashville, Tennessee. Santa Monica, CA: Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, 1994 Oct; 38(Ind Erg):544-548
A study was conducted on the effects of wrist splints on peak power grip strengths as well as the contribution of hand morphology to grip strengths. Peak power grip strengths were measured in 44 female and 52 male subjects with and without the use of a splint wrist brace. The use of the wrist splint decreased the average peak grip strength for all subjects by 13.71%. The difference between grip strengths with and without the use of the splint was statistically significant. No differences were seen between left and right handed subjects however females demonstrated a two fold greater percent decrease compared with males. No anthropometric variables were found to correlate with the dependent variables of change or percent change in peak power grip strength however an analysis of variance indicated that sex and hand length were significant independent variables. Subjects reported that the interference from the bar of the splint decreased their ability to grip the dynamometer and some subjects complained of discomfort from the splint. The implications of these findings were discussed.
Links with this icon indicate that you are leaving the CDC website.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) cannot attest to the accuracy of a non-federal website.
Linking to a non-federal website does not constitute an endorsement by CDC or any of its employees of the sponsors or the information and products presented on the website.
You will be subject to the destination website's privacy policy when you follow the link.
CDC is not responsible for Section 508 compliance (accessibility) on other federal or private website.
For more information on CDC's web notification policies, see Website Disclaimers.
CDC.gov Privacy Settings
We take your privacy seriously. You can review and change the way we collect information below.
These cookies allow us to count visits and traffic sources so we can measure and improve the performance of our site. They help us to know which pages are the most and least popular and see how visitors move around the site. All information these cookies collect is aggregated and therefore anonymous. If you do not allow these cookies we will not know when you have visited our site, and will not be able to monitor its performance.
Cookies used to make website functionality more relevant to you. These cookies perform functions like remembering presentation options or choices and, in some cases, delivery of web content that based on self-identified area of interests.
Cookies used to track the effectiveness of CDC public health campaigns through clickthrough data.
Cookies used to enable you to share pages and content that you find interesting on CDC.gov through third party social networking and other websites. These cookies may also be used for advertising purposes by these third parties.
Thank you for taking the time to confirm your preferences. If you need to go back and make any changes, you can always do so by going to our Privacy Policy page.