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. 2024 Jan 1;37(1):45–57. doi: 10.13075/ijomeh.1896.02164

Table 3.

Hand grip strength and pincer grip strength before and after intervention in between the study groups of office workers reporting complaints of hand and wrist pain, the Biomechanics Laboratory of Central Institute for Labor Protection – National Research Institute, Warsaw, Poland, 2021

Variable Measurement before the exercises Measurement after the exercises
exercises group non-exercises group p exercises group non-exercises group p
M±SD 95% CI M±SD 95% CI M±SD 95% CI M±SD 95% CI
Grip strength [N]
 right hand 324.63±111.48 292.61–356.66 370.95±102.98 308.72–433.19 0.128 338.75±100.86 309.78–367.72 367.75±103.51 305.20–430.30 0.426
 left hand 303.04±96.94 275.19–330.88 338.94±106.63 274.50–403.37 0.316 311.85±94.05 284.84–338.86 342.65±125.87 266.58–418.71 0.622
Pincer grip strength [N]
 right hand 76.47±22.89 69.90–83.05 81.96±19.99 69.88–94.04 0.402 80.59±26.62 72.94–88.23 82.62±22.93 68.76–96.48 0.628
 left hand 71.86±22.89 65.29–78.43 77.04±16.38 67.14–86.94 0.299 76.60±23.20 69.94–83.27 76.68±23.40 62.55–90.82 0.842