Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MORPHOLOGY, cilt.41, sa.5, ss.1357-1363, 2023 (SCI-Expanded)
Health professionals especially nurses have ongoing contact with patients and they may have a high incidence of
musculoskeletal problems. For this reason, grip strength and carrying angle are important parameters for all health professionals to
succeed in their job and avoid injuries. It was aimed to determine the effects of the hand grip, and pinch strength, carrying angle of
dominant, and non-dominant hands as well as the association of the hand functional index with morphometric measurements in 193
nursing students. The means of the carrying angle of dominant and non-dominant sides were 169.11±4.21° and 168.16±4.30°, respectively.
The means of the dominant and, non-dominant sides of hand grip strength were 45.99±11.24 kg and 45.89±11.34 kg, respectively. The
lateral pinch strength means were measured as 19.55±3.75 kg and 19.31±3.45 kg, respectively. This paper’s findings may be important
for some experts such as anatomists, clinicians, surgeons, forensic scientists, anthropologists, and nurses- healthcare professionals keep
in touch with patients. Also, we believe that appropriate and effective knowledge of carrying angle, hand grip and lateral pinch strength
has created an opportunity to research in terms of reducing work-related risk factors.