How Should Youth Handgrip Strength be Normalized? New Insights Using 3-D Allometry with “Generalizable” Norm-Referenced Values, Data from NHANES
Allometrically scaling HGS by <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><mml:mrow><mml:mo>(</mml:mo> <mml:msup><mml:mrow><mml:mi>HT</mml:mi></mml:mrow> <mml:mn>2</mml:mn></mml:msup> <mml:mrow></mml:mrow> <mml:mo>∗</mml:mo> <mml:msup><mml:mrow><mml:mi>M</mml:mi></mml:mrow> <mml:mrow><mml:mn>0.333</mml:mn></mml:mrow> </mml:msup> <mml:mo>)</mml:mo></mml:mrow> </mml:math> helps normalize strength for body size in population-based youth research.
Authors
- Alan Nevill (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0506-3652)
- Grant R. Tomkinson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7601-9670)
- Justin J. Lang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1768-319X)
- Mark Niemz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-5208-5531)
Institutions
- University of Wolverhampton (GB)
- University of Ottawa (CA)
- University of South Australia (AU)
- Public Health Agency of Canada (CA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Sports Medicine
- Published
- 2025-05-30
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s40279-025-02235-0
- Citations
- 5
- Primary Topic
- Nutrition and Health in Aging
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 5.82
Funders
- University of South Australia