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Background: To accomplish daily activities, proper fitness and wellbeing of musculoskeletal system is one of the essential factors. Handgrip strength is a common clinical evaluation done for various pathologies as it is a physiological variable that is influenced by multiple factors including body size, sex, age, fat percentage, BMI and hand perimeters. Grip strength is a standard criterion for assessment of hand grip function. As grip strength estimation using hand dynamometer is easy and economical, it is generally used in upper limb injuries for outcome assessment. Materials and Methods: The present study is conducted to find relationship between Waist and HIP ratio, BMI and Handgrip endurance. This study included 90 subjects aged between 18-21. The subjects who had a BMI below 30 and those with no history of smoking or alcoholism were included in the study. The height was measured with stadiometer. We have used Quetlet's index for calculating subjects Body Mass Index (BMI). We have used a handgrip dynamometer to measure the handgrip strength and endurance of the dominant hand. Measurement of waist and hip was taken in centimetres using stretch-resistant measuring tape. Waist hip ratio was calculated by dividing the circumference of the waist to that of the hips in centimetres. All the data were recorded and expressed in Mean +SD, SPSS software was used to analyses data. Results: In present study total 90 students were involved. There was significant mean difference between male and females in case of height, weight, waist circumference, hip circumference, WHR, right hand grip and left-hand grip with gender. There was significance difference and positive correlation was observed for right hand grip in male students with weight, BMI and WHR. Significant and positive correlation was also observed for left hand grip in male and female students with height. Conclusion: The present study results may helpful to add knowledge about relation between, BMI, WHR and Handgrip endurance. This may give supportive knowledge to sports physician in their practice. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
