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Document Type : Thesis 
Document Title :
Ass. of handgrip strength and hand dexterity in cohort pre-school Egyptian childre aged 3-6 years
تقييم قوة قبضة اليد والاستخدام الدقيق لقبضة اليد عند الاطفال المصريين فى سن ما قبل المرحلة الدراسية
 
Document Language : English 
Abstract : Asssessment of handgrip strength and hand dexterity in cohort egyptian children at pre-school age from 3-6 Background and purpose. Evaluation of hand grip strength and dexterity are difficult in pre-school Egyptian children because of the lack of normative data. The purposes of this study were to establish normative data of hand grip strength and hand dexterity in pre-school Egyptian children aged (3-6 years) and examine if there is a correlation between hand grip strength and dexterity of right dominant and left non-dominant hands. Subjects. 87 right handed healthy children (40 girls and 47 boys), divided into 4 groups according to age (group A, 3years +6months, group B, 4years ±6 months, group C, 5years ±6 months and group D, ±6 months). Methods. Hand dominance was determined, every child was asked to exert maximum grip strength by using hand held dynamometer. The hand dexterity measured by using Nine-hole Peg Board. The tests were conducted first to right hand then left hand. Results. The hand grip strength showed highly significant difference between right and left hand (p<0.001). The hand dexterity recorded a high significant difference between right and left hand except for group A of (3years +6months) recorded no significant difference (p>0.1388). There is no correlation between hand grip strength and hand dexterity for right and left hands in all groups. The comparison test between all groups reported a highly significant difference (p<0.001) in hand grip strength and dexterity between group A and D, no significant difference showed between group B and C. These results may be revealed that with increasing age the manual skills and strength of hand developed with increasing experience and learning. Conclusion. We concluded that the dominant hand is significantly stronger and faster in right handed pre-school children. The data obtained from this study can be considered as a basic stone for data bank to be used in the evaluation of pre-school Egyptian children's hand function as well as for research purposes or clinical use. Key woryears 
Supervisor : Prof.Dr. Imam Elnegamy 
Thesis Type : Doctorate Thesis 
Publishing Year : 1429 AH
2009 AD 
Number Of Pages : 15 
Co-Supervisor : Amaal HM Ebrahim 
Added Date : Monday, March 22, 2010 

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رضا سيد سرحانSarhan, Reda SayedInvestigatorDoctoratereda_sarhan@hotmail.com

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