Table 4.

Relationship between handgrip strength and hand - specific anthropometric parameters, before and after controlling of body mass by partial correlation.

Variable	Athletes (n=40)		Non- athletes(40)
	Before	after	Before	After
FS1	0.541(0.001)	0.388(0.013)	0.185(0.252)	0.062(0.709)
FS2	0.539(0.001)	0.400(0.011)	0.202(0.212)	0.094(0.570)
FS3	0.555(0.001)	0.385(0.014)	0.217(0.178)	0.113(0.494)
FS4	0.512(0.001)	0.341(0.031)	0.266(0.098)	0.113(0.494)
FS5	0.565(0.001)	0.428(0.006)	0.220(0.172)	0.129(0.434)
TL	0.504(0.001)	0.240(0.135)	0.355(0.025)	0.158(0.337)
IFL	0.582(0.001)	0.379(0.016)	0.373(0.018)	0.218(0.182)
MFL	0.556(0.001)	0.354(0.025)	0.332(0.36)	0.180(0.272)
RFL	0.576(0.001)	0.385(0.014)	0.278(0.83)	0.121(0.464)
LFL	0.517(0.001)	0.340(0.032)	0.334(0.035)	0.161(0.327)
P1	0.635(0.001)	0.451(0.004)	0.313(0.050)	0.143(0.386)
P2	0.615(0.001)	0.426(0.006)	0.315(0.048)	0.155(0.347)
P3	0.591(0.001)	0.410(0.009)	0.312(0.050)	0.189(0.250)
P4	0.558(0.001)	0.373(0.018)	0.323(0.042)	0.187(0.254)
P5	0.643(0.001)	0.526(0.001)	0.314(0.049)	0.165(0.316)
Hand shape	−0.225(0.156)	−0.029(0.858)	0.146(0.368)	0.008(0.964)
Hand length	0.564(0.001)	0.332(0.036)	0.253(0.115)	0.150(0.363)
Palm length	0.530(0.001)	0.282(0.078)	0.216(0.181)	0.226(0.166)
Palm width	0.550(0.001)	0.371(0.018)	0.450(0.004)	0.246(0.131)
MF length	0.511(0.001)	0.305(0.056)	0.181(0.263)	−0.27(0.872)
Forearm length	0.604(0.001)	0.405(0.010)	0.071(0.665)	−0.65(0.694)
Forearm C	0.445(0.004)	0.162(0.319)	0.557(0.001)	0.406(0.010)
Wrist C	0.625(0.001)	0.468(0.002)	0.463(0.003)	0.246(0.131)

Definition: Finger Spans (FS1, FS2, FS3, FS4 and FS5), Finger Lengths (Thumb L, Index FL, Medial FL, Ring FL, Little FL), and 5 Perimeters (P1, P2, P3, P4, P5), Hand Shape: hand length / hand width, MF length; middle finger length, Forearm C; forearm circumference, Wrist C: Wrist circumference