Table 1.

System characteristics and salient values associated with both elastic and rigid handgrip devices.

system characteristic	possible values	values used
range	±50 N	0–20 N
resolution	0.0288 N bit−1	0.0288 N bit−1
sensitivity	<1.5 N	<1.5 N
ROMa	±10 mm	0–10 mm (flexion)
grip aperture (unloaded)	55–75 mm	65 mm
compliancea	0.06–0.5 mm N−1	0.2 mm N−1

^aApplicable to the elastic handgrip only.