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 |