Product Manual

16
Testing Protocol: Grip and Pinch
PATIENT START
POSITION
PLACEMENT OF
DYNAMOMETER
POSITION OF
THERAPIST
TEST
POWER GRIP
(RIGHT/LEFT)
- seated or upright
- test arm at side
with elbow flexed 90°
- palm facing
inward
Adjust handle to
appropriate rung,
where grip is
comfortable and the
thumb overlaps the
fingernail of middle
finger.
In front of and to the
side of patient.
Have patient
squeeze, hold and
release. Patient
should not feel grip
move nor see gauge.
PATIENT START
POSITION
PLACEMENT OF
PINCH GAUGE
POSITION OF
THERAPIST
TEST
LATERAL
(KEY) PINCH
(RIGHT/LEFT)
CHUCK PINCH
(RIGHT/LEFT)
PULP PINCH
(RIGHT/LEFT
ON EACH
FINGER)
- seated or upright
- test arm at side
with elbow flexed 90°
- palm facing
inward
Pinch gauge between
flexed PIP joint of
index finger and
thumb.
In front of patient, to
the side, stabilizing
pinch gauge.
Have patient
squeeze, hold and
release.
- seated or upright
- test arm at side
with elbow flexed 90°
- palm facing down
Pinch gauge between
thumb and the index
and middle fingers.
In front of patient, to
the side, stabilizing
pinch gauge.
Have patient
squeeze, hold and
release.
- seated or upright
- test arm at side
with elbow flexed 90°
- palm facing down
- test finger on
button
Pinch gauge between
thumb and test finger
(make sure other
fingers do not
interfere).
In front of patient, to
the side, stabilizing
pinch gauge.
Have patient
squeeze, hold and
release.
hand grip
chuck pinch
pulp pinch
lateral pinch
lateral pinch
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