Handgrip in university students in Bogotá Colombia

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Diogo Rodrigues-Bezerra
Universidad de Cundinamarca, Colombia
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3001-7597
Eduar A. Ceballos-Bernal
Universidad de Cundinamarca, Colombia
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3590-4627

Abstract

Manual prehensile grasp (MPF) has been widely used as a test to evaluate muscle function, as an indicator of nutri-tion, metabolic risk, and mortality in young adults. Objective: To assess prehensile grasp in university students of physical education in Bogota, Colombia. Methodology: Cross-sectional descriptive study, 334 students of physical education courses in Bogota, Colombia, during their first semester in 2022 were evaluated. The variables evaluated were weight (kg), height (cm), BMI (kg/m²), and prehensile grasp (kg) in both sexes. Results: Physical education university students in Bogota, Colombia, have the following average weight: men (67.62 ± 10.23) kg, women (61.32 ± 10.18) kg; for height: (1.72 ± 0.08) cm in men, (1.62 ± 0.07) cm in women; a body mass index (BMI) of (22.72 ± 2.96) kg/m² in men, (23.20 ± 3.34) kg/m² in women; and a prehensile grasp of (38.36 ± 7.86) kg in men and (25.44 ± 5.24) kg in women. Conclusions: The low value of prehensile grasp is an important health indicator, being a strong in-dependent predictor of metabolic syndrome. It occurs in both women and men, with women presenting lower values of prehensile grasp when compared to men.

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Published: Aug 27, 2024
Issue: Vol. 25 No. 2 (2024): Revista Ciencias de la Actividad Física UCM
Section: Research
DOI: https://doi.org/10.29035/rcaf.25.2.4
Keywords: University, Dynamometry, Physical condition, Nutrition

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Rodrigues-Bezerra, D., & Ceballos-Bernal, E. A. (2024). Handgrip in university students in Bogotá Colombia. Revista Ciencias De La Actividad Física UCM, 25(2), 1-8. https://doi.org/10.29035/rcaf.25.2.4
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