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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Jun 10.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Hum Biol. 2024 Jan 22;51(1):2298474. doi: 10.1080/03014460.2023.2298474

Table 2.

Reference tables for dominant hand grip (A), non-dominant handgrip (B), and upper arm length (C) in male participants ages 6–19.9 years.

(A) Dominant handgrip, kg

Males

Age, y L S 5th 10th 25th 50th (M) 75th 90th 95th

6.0 to 6.9 0.19 0.23 7.38 8.06 9.30 10.85 12.61 14.38 15.53
7.0 to 7.9 0.23 0.22 8.52 9.29 10.71 12.47 14.45 16.44 17.72
8.0 to 8.9 0.27 0.22 9.74 10.62 12.23 14.21 16.42 18.62 20.03
9.0 to 9.9 0.30 0.22 11.17 12.18 14.01 16.26 18.74 21.20 22.77
10.0 to 10.9 0.33 0.21 12.90 14.06 16.17 18.73 21.55 24.33 26.10
11.0 to 11.9 0.35 0.21 15.02 16.36 18.79 21.74 24.98 28.15 30.17
12.0 to 12.9 0.37 0.21 17.59 19.15 21.96 25.36 29.08 32.71 35.01
13.0 to 13.9 0.38 0.20 20.54 22.33 25.55 29.43 33.65 37.77 40.37
14.0 to 14.9 0.40 0.20 23.59 25.60 29.20 33.51 38.19 42.73 45.59
15.0 to 15.9 0.42 0.19 26.50 28.68 32.57 37.23 42.24 47.08 50.12
16.0 to 16.9 0.43 0.19 29.09 31.39 35.48 40.34 45.56 50.59 53.73
17.0 to 17.9 0.44 0.18 31.34 33.71 37.90 42.87 48.19 53.29 56.48
18.0 to 18.9 0.44 0.17 33.33 35.74 39.98 44.99 50.35 55.47 58.66
19.0 to 19.9 0.44 0.16 35.20 37.63 41.90 46.94 52.30 57.41 60.59

(B) Non-dominant handgrip, kg

Males

Age, y L S 5th 10th 25th 50th (M) 75th 90th 95th

6.0 to 6.9 0.24 0.23 7.05 7.71 8.94 10.46 12.17 13.88 14.99
7.0 to 7.9 0.25 0.23 8.10 8.86 10.25 11.97 13.90 15.84 17.09
8.0 to 8.9 0.27 0.22 9.24 10.09 11.66 13.59 15.75 17.91 19.29
9.0 to 9.9 0.29 0.22 10.57 11.55 13.32 15.51 17.93 20.34 21.88
10.0 to 10.9 0.32 0.22 12.20 13.31 15.34 17.83 20.57 23.28 25.01
11.0 to 11.9 0.35 0.21 14.18 15.48 17.82 20.67 23.80 26.88 28.84
12.0 to 12.9 0.37 0.21 16.55 18.05 20.76 24.04 27.63 31.14 33.37
13.0 to 13.9 0.40 0.21 19.23 20.96 24.06 27.80 31.88 35.85 38.35
14.0 to 14.9 0.43 0.20 22.00 23.95 27.42 31.60 36.11 40.48 43.23
15.0 to 15.9 0.45 0.20 24.63 26.76 30.55 35.06 39.92 44.60 47.52
16.0 to 16.9 0.49 0.19 26.96 29.23 33.24 38.00 43.09 47.95 50.99
17.0 to 17.9 0.53 0.19 28.97 31.35 35.53 40.45 45.66 50.62 53.69
18.0 to 18.9 0.59 0.18 30.74 33.21 37.53 42.57 47.86 52.85 55.93
19.0 to 19.9 0.65 0.17 32.41 34.97 39.41 44.55 49.90 54.91 57.98

(C) upper arm length, cm

Age, y L S 5th 10th 25th 50th (M) 75th 90th 95th

6.0 to 6.9 0.23 0.07 22.32 22.87 23.82 24.90 26.02 27.06 27.70
7.0 tp 7.9 0.27 0.07 23.60 24.19 25.20 26.36 27.56 28.67 29.35
8.0 to 8.9 0.29 0.07 24.88 25.51 26.59 27.82 29.10 30.28 31.00
9.0 to 9.9 0.25 0.07 26.20 26.86 28.00 29.31 30.66 31.92 32.69
10.0 to 10.9 0.15 0.07 27.56 28.26 29.46 30.83 32.26 33.60 34.43
11.0 to 11.9 0.00 0.07 28.96 29.68 30.92 32.36 33.86 35.28 36.16
12.0 to 12.9 −0.15 0.07 30.31 31.05 32.33 33.81 35.38 36.87 37.79
13.0 to 13.9 −0.28 0.07 31.55 32.30 33.60 35.13 36.74 38.28 39.24
14.0 to 14.9 −0.38 0.07 32.61 33.37 34.68 36.23 37.87 39.44 40.42
15.0 to 15.9 −0.40 0.06 33.45 34.21 35.53 37.08 38.73 40.31 41.30
16.0 to 16.9 −0.35 0.06 34.06 34.82 36.15 37.70 39.35 40.92 41.89
17.0 to 17.9 −0.23 0.06 34.48 35.25 36.58 38.13 39.76 41.31 42.27
18.0 to 18.9 −0.06 0.06 34.78 35.56 36.89 38.44 40.05 41.57 42.50
19.0 to 19.9 0.13 0.06 35.03 35.81 37.16 38.70 40.29 41.78 42.69