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- Title
Impact of Two Grip Strengthening Exercise Protocols on Grip Strength of Non-Dominant Hand.
- Authors
Sharma, Devika; Sharma, Saurabh; Meena, Raj Kumar; Kumar, Sanjai; Ahmad, Sartaj
- Abstract
Introduction: Power grip is commonly used as an index to assess impairment and treatment outcomes of hand.There is very less literature available on effect of strengthening exercises on non dominant hand in normal individuals. This study is planned with a vision to get an exercise protocol which can improve the hand grip strength of non dominant hand significantly in both genders. Methodology: Study sample was extracted from all the students of Subharti College of physiotherapy.30 male subjects and 30 female subjects between 18-25 years were selected randomly. These individuals were then distributed randomly in two groups keeping in mind the equal distribution of males and females in both the groups. Group A(control) was allocated for squeezing exercises alone for 6 weeks with periodicity of exercising 3 times a week. Group B(experiment) was advised the combination squeezing and hand gripper exercises for 6 weeks with periodicity of exercising 3 times a week. Results: Increase in the mean grip strength of experimental group was statistically significant while of control group it was not. Increase in mean grip strength of males was statistically significant in experimental group while it was significant in control group while in females mean grip strength increased significantly in both experimental and control groups. Conclusion: Combination of grip and squeezing exercises have a better impact on mean grip strength than squeezing exercise alone in non dominant hand in normal person. Findings can be used in sports like cricket, lawn tennis etc, where grip of nondominant hand is also important.
- Subjects
GRIP strength; EXERCISE; TENNIS; STRENGTH training; EXPERIMENTAL groups; CRICKET (Sport)
- Publication
Indian Journal of Public Health Research & Development, 2020, Vol 11, Issue 7, p231
- ISSN
0976-0245
- Publication type
Article