Comparison of Hand Grip and Pinch in Orthopaedic and Non-Orthopaedic Physicians

The function of the hand is considered as one of major indicator of health. In some of the clinical speciality the power of the grip and pinch is very important. In orthopedic surgery this power in most of the surgical and even non-surgical treatment is required. In this study we wanted to prove this hypothesis that grip and pinch power in orthopedic residents and surgeons is higher compare to some other similar specialities.
Method and materials: 164 medical school doctors’ both faculties and residents of different specilities voluntarily participate in this study. The grip power was measured with mechanical Dynamometer and pinch has been measured withstandard mechanical pinch gauge.
The finding of this study has shown that grip power of the right and left hands of orthopedic residents and surgeons are more than the others but no difference in pinch power. In this study 87.2% were right handed and 12.8 were left handed. Grip power of the orthopedic surgeons with average age 44.8 and standard deviation of 10.27 in both hands were significantly higher than orthopedic and non orthopedic residents. This study revealed that grip power of right hand and left hand of orthopedic group was significantly higher than non-orthopedic group 8519.48(SD 36320.2) versus 41.8675 (SD: 94105.10) and P This study has shown that the grip power of the orthopedic surgens and residents in both right and left hand are higher than the other measured group, but no difference in pinch power.