A 2-Year Follow-Up Study of Changes in Handgrip Strength in Young Athletes Playing With and Without Gripping Sports Equipment

IF 1.7 4区医学 Q1 ANTHROPOLOGY

American Journal of Human Biology Pub Date : 2025-09-20 DOI:10.1002/ajhb.70139

Takashi Abe, Akemi Abe, Jeremy P. Loenneke

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Abstract

Objectives

This study compared changes in handgrip strength (HGS) over 2 years in young athletes participating in two sports: kendo, which involves gripping equipment during play, and soccer, which does not.

Methods

One hundred eleven young athletes (54 kendo boys [mean age at baseline: 10.1 ± 1.7 years] and 57 soccer boys [mean age at baseline: 10.3 ± 1.8 years]) underwent three HGS measurements, spaced 1 year apart (Test 1, Test 2, and Test 3). The Q–Q plot indicated some violations of normality; therefore, we used a robust repeated measures ANOVA function in R.

Results

We found evidence for a localized interaction effect (p = 0.02), with a sport difference in the change from Test 1 (baseline) to Test 3 and Test 2 to Test 3 (kendo > soccer). There was no statistically significant main effect of sport (p = 0.06); however, kendo was on average 2.4 (95% CI: −0.08, 4.9) kg stronger than soccer athletes. When collapsing across groups, HGS increased from Test 1 to Test 2 by 1.9 (1.5, 2.3) kg, and from Test 2 to Test 3 by 2.8 (2.1, 3.6) kg.

Conclusions

Sports that involve gripping tools in conjunction with natural movements may help improve HGS during the developmental period.

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年轻运动员使用和不使用握力运动器材时握力变化的2年随访研究。

目的：本研究比较了两项运动中年轻运动员的握力（HGS）在2年内的变化：剑道（在比赛中涉及握力设备）和足球（没有）。方法：111名年轻运动员（54名剑道男孩[平均基线年龄：10.1±1.7岁]和57名足球男孩[平均基线年龄：10.3±1.8岁]）接受了3次HGS测量，间隔1年（测试1、测试2和测试3）。Q-Q图显示了一些违反常态的情况；因此，我们在r中使用了稳健的重复测量方差分析函数。结果：我们发现了局部交互效应的证据（p = 0.02），从测试1（基线）到测试3和测试2到测试3（剑道>足球）的变化存在运动差异。运动的主效应无统计学意义（p = 0.06）；然而，剑道运动员比足球运动员平均重2.4公斤（95% CI: -0.08, 4.9）。跨组塌陷时，HGS从试验1到试验2增加1.9 (1.5,2.3)kg，从试验2到试验3增加2.8 (2.1,3.6)kg。结论：在发育期间，包括握持工具和自然运动的运动可能有助于改善HGS。

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American Journal of Human Biology 生物-生物学

CiteScore

4.80

自引率

13.80%

发文量

124

审稿时长

4-8 weeks

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