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Table 2 Mean muscle strength and standard deviation of hand grip according to age, gender and side for MyoGrip and Jamar dynamometers

From: Grip strength measured by high precision dynamometry in healthy subjects from 5 to 80 years

Age range (years)

Gender

Number

Age (years)

Left MGS (kg)

Right MGS (kg)

MyoGrip

Jamar

MyoGrip

Jamar

mean

SD

mean

SD

mean

SD

mean

SD

mean

SD

5–10

F

12

8.0

1.4

10.8

3.5

13.4

5.1

11.6

3.6

13.8

4.7

 

M

15

6.4

1.2

8.6

1.9

10.2

2.5

9.5

1.8

10.6

2.2

10–15

F

9

12.4

1.4

19.0

5.3

21.3

8.0

20.6

5.0

23.2

8.9

 

M

11

12.3

1.4

21.0

5.3

23.9

6.6

22.5

5.0

26.3

6.8

15–20

F

15

17.5

1.5

26.1

4.4

29.7

4.5

27.9

4.4

31.1

4.1

 

M

10

18.1

1.5

45.2

6.2

47.3

7.4

46.9

8.6

48.4

9.7

20–30

F

32

25.6

2.9

26.5

4.9

30.9

6.0

29.2

5.1

34.1

6.2

 

M

27

24.5

2.9

45.4

6.0

50.7

7.7

48.5

5.8

53.9

6.8

30–40

F

31

35.0

2.8

28.3

5.0

32.9

4.4

30.8

5.2

35.9

5.0

 

M

32

35.4

3.0

42.1

7.9

46.7

8.5

45.8

8.6

50.3

9.1

40–50

F

32

45.3

3.1

27.9

4.4

33.0

5.1

28.9

4.4

33.6

4.4

 

M

26

44.5

3.1

46.1

7.7

51.1

8.7

47.7

7.4

53.2

8.6

50–60

F

29

55.1

2.5

26.5

3.8

30.9

4.2

27.9

3.6

32.9

5.0

 

M

11

54.0

3.4

42.5

7.3

47.9

7.6

46.5

6.4

51.1

8.1

60–70

F

21

64.8

2.9

23.1

4.2

26.7

5.0

24.6

4.7

27.9

5.6

 

M

11

64.4

3.5

40.4

7.3

45.7

9.4

41.6

8.8

46.8

11.7

70–80

F

17

73.7

2.8

23.9

4.0

25.2

4.6

25.5

4.2

27.2

5.3

 

M

5

74.5

2.9

37.4

4.2

40.6

3.8

38.4

3.8

42.8

6.7