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Different sports require different grips, often differs between hands. If you are involved in sports rehabilitation, understanding the type of grip and involvement of the thumb is important to measure the strength and address any related injuries. | Different sports require different grips, often differs between hands. If you are involved in sports rehabilitation, understanding the type of grip and involvement of the thumb is important to measure the strength and address any related injuries. | ||
Here are some examples of different grips used in various sports: | Here are some examples of different grips used in various sports<ref name=":1" />: | ||
'''Bow and arrow:''' the lead hand holding the bow and keeping it stable will use a power grip. Whereas the backhand, pulling the string, also in power grip but the thumb is less involved going into more adduction. | '''Bow and arrow:''' the lead hand holding the bow and keeping it stable will use a power grip. Whereas the backhand, pulling the string, also in power grip but the thumb is less involved going into more adduction. | ||
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'''Golf:''' Lateral pinch or key grip is used but that could change during the game depending on the movement and how much strength is required. | '''Golf:''' Lateral pinch or key grip is used but that could change during the game depending on the movement and how much strength is required. | ||
[[File:Golf grip.jpg|center|thumb]] | [[File:Golf grip.jpg|center|thumb]] | ||
'''Wheelchair sports''', for example, basketball: the hand holding the wheelchair would require more strength from the thumb for stability. the other hand holding the ball would use a spherical grip in which there will be cupping at the wrist and adduction at the thumb. | |||
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Climbing | |||
Weight lifting: the use of hook grip is recommended in weightlifting movements | |||
Hockey? | |||
Boxing | |||
== Measuring Grip Strength == | == Measuring Grip Strength == | ||
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Types of Grip[edit | edit source]
The hand-wrist represents the most sophisticated tool in the human being. Hand function and strength are important elements in day to day life and participation in sports [1].
1-Power Grip: closing a hand with the thumb in opposition to all other fingers together generates a power grip[2].
A-Lumbrical grip
B-Spherical grip
C-Hammer grip
D-Hook grip
| Lumbrical grip | Spherical grip | Hammer grip | Hook grip |
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2-Pinch grip: generated by pressing the thumb pulp against the pulp of the index, middle, ring, and little fingers’ distal phalanges[1].
A-Tip Pinch: index pressing against the thumb
B-Tripod Pinch: adding the middle finger
C-Lateral Pinch, also known as key pinch: achieved by pressing the thumb pulp against the lateral aspect of the proximal interphalangeal joint of the index finger. In this grip, the thumb is going into adduction and flexion[2]
| Tip Pinch | Tripod Pinch | Lateral Pinch |
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Grip in Sports[edit | edit source]
Different sports require different grips, often differs between hands. If you are involved in sports rehabilitation, understanding the type of grip and involvement of the thumb is important to measure the strength and address any related injuries.
Here are some examples of different grips used in various sports[2]:
Bow and arrow: the lead hand holding the bow and keeping it stable will use a power grip. Whereas the backhand, pulling the string, also in power grip but the thumb is less involved going into more adduction.
Raquet sports such as tennis: hand holding the racket using a power grip and the other hand holding the ball in a pinch grip. By changing the grip, the movement and the force change.
Golf: Lateral pinch or key grip is used but that could change during the game depending on the movement and how much strength is required.
Wheelchair sports, for example, basketball: the hand holding the wheelchair would require more strength from the thumb for stability. the other hand holding the ball would use a spherical grip in which there will be cupping at the wrist and adduction at the thumb.
Climbing
Weight lifting: the use of hook grip is recommended in weightlifting movements
Hockey?
Boxing
Measuring Grip Strength[edit | edit source]
Rehabilitation of Grip[edit | edit source]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Gatt I, Smith-Moore S, Steggles C, Loosemore M. The takei handheld dynamometer: an effective clinical outcome measure tool for hand and wrist function in boxing. HAND. 2018 May;13(3):319-24.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Gatt I. Sporting Hand & Wrist - Why Power & Pinch Grips Matter. Physioplus Course 2020
