An Association of Hand Grip Strength with Height, Weight and BMI in Boys and Girls aged 6-25 years of Amritsar, Punjab, India

Abstract

The present study is based on the association of hand grip strength (both left and right) with height, weight and BMI on randomly selected 600 normal healthy individuals(300 boys and 300 girls) aged 6-25years of Amritsar, Punjab. The findings of present study indicate a strong association of right and left hand grip strength with height (r=0.925 and 0.927 respectively in boys and r=0.800 and 0.786 respectively in girls), weight (r=0.882 and 0.878 respectively in boys and r=0.698 and 0.690 respectively in girls) and with BMI (r=0.636 and 0.632 respectively in boys and r=0.477 and 0.472 respectively in girls).