Table 2

Summary of studies evaluating pinch grip
Reference
 Instrument
 Unit of measurement
 Protocol
 Position
 Key Pinch
 Tip Pinch
 Tripod Pinch
Agee et al., 1992 [9]
 NR
 %2
 NR
 NR
 ✓
 ✓
Brown et al., 1993 [10]
 JAMAR
 lb3
 NR
 NR
 ✓

Brüser et al., 1994 [18]
 B
 %
 NR
 NR
 ✓
 ✓
Dias et al., 2004 [29]
 JAMAR
 kg
 NR
 NR
✓
Erdmann, 1994 [11]
 JAMAR
 lb
 NR
 NR
 Not specified

Ferdinand & Maclean, 2002 [22]
 B&L
 NR
 NR
 NR
 ✓

Foulkes et al., 1994 [12]
 B&L
 lb
 NR
 NR
 ✓
 ✓
 ✓
MacDermid et al., 2003 [24]
 pinch device NK1
 kg
 NR3
 NR3
 ✓
✓
Mackenzie et al., 2000 [19]
 B&L
 kg
 NR
 NR
 ✓

Mackinnon et al., 1991 [8]
 NR
 NR
 NR
 NR
 Not specified

Nakamichi & Tachibana 1997 [17]
 NR
 kg
 NR
 NR
 ✓

Sennwald & Benedetti, 1995 [13]
 B&L
 lb
 NR
 NR
 ✓

Trumble et al., 2002 [20]
 pinch meter2
 kg
 NR
 NR
 ✓
✓
Wong et al., 2003 [27]
 NR
 %
 NR
 NR
 Not specified

Total



10
 4
 3

% = percent change from preoperative value

NR = not reported

lb = pounds

kg = kilograms

B&L pinch gauge (B&L Engineering, Santa Fe, CA)

1NK Biotechnical Xorp, Minneapolis, MN

2Therapeutic instruments, Clifton, New Jersey

3 Reference to reliability studies provided.

Geere et al. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2007 8:114   doi:10.1186/1471-2474-8-114