Correlation between grip strength and scapular muscle

The human hand is designed to perform various kinds of skilled movements in the daily activities. Such activities are termed as ‘Prehension Activities’. Grip strength has been used to assess general strength in order to determine work capacity, to determine the extent of injury and disease processes and progress of rehabilitation. To perform distal movements it is important to have proximal joint stability. The hand being the distal component, a good grip might require adequate shoulder stability which will be dependent upon its musculature. Hence this study was conducted to find out if there exists a correlation between these two. Aim: To find out if there is a correlation between grip strength and scapular muscles Methodology: Grip strength assessment was done using dynamometer and scapular muscle strength was assessed using Micro-FET. Results: Pearson’s correlation coefficient was calculated for the correlation between grip strength and scapular muscle strength Conclusion: There is the statistically significant correlation between grip strength and scapular muscle strength