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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Clin Biomech (Bristol). 2012 Dec 6;28(2):157–163. doi: 10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2012.11.004

Table 1.

Anthropometric and maximum voluntary contraction (MVC) measurements taken on subjects. The values reported are: mean (standard deviation).

Hand Measurements
Hand Length (cm) 19.2 (1.0)
Hand Breadth (cm) 8.7 (0.7)
Wrist Circumference (cm) 16.7 (0.7)
Four-finger MVC (N) 67.0 (12.5)

Finger Measurements
I M R L
Total Length (cm) 9.9 (0.7) 10.9 (0.4) 10.2 (0.8) 8.2 (0.7)
Proximal Phalangeal Length (cm) 4.9 (0.4) 5.3 (0.2) 4.8 (0.6) 4.0 (0.5)
Middle Phalangeal Length (cm) 2.7 (0.2) 3.1 (0.3) 3.2 (0.5) 2.5 (0.4)
Distal Phalangeal Length (cm) 2.4 (0.2) 2.5 (0.2) 2.5 (0.2) 2.3 (0.3)
Proximal Phalangeal Circumference (cm) 6.5 (0.3) 6.4 (0.3) 6.2 (0.3) 5.4 (0.3)
Middle Phalangeal Circumference (cm) 5.7 (0.1) 5.8 (0.2) 5.5 (0.3) 4.8 (0.2)
Distal Phalangeal Circumference (cm) 5.2 (0.2) 5.3 (0.2) 4.9 (0.1) 4.5 (0.1)
MVC (N) 33.8 (7.9) 26.9 (5.1) 22.7 (8.3) 18.2 (4.9)