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Grip Strength Calculator

Understand your hand grip strength in the context of scientific surveys studying the strength of large numbers of both men and women throughout the human lifespan.

Demographic grip strength calculator

Units

Metric (kg, cm)
U.S. (lbs, ft., in.)

Select Gender or Average of Both Genders

Avg. of both
Male
Female

Left Hand Grip *
kg
Right Hand Grip *
kg

Enter Age

Enter Height (cm)

Biological age: Enter age / grip strength / gender

Grip strength by age - Single hand average,
both genders,
⁠
150-190+ cm

Percentile ranking within
both genders,
⁠
age 17-90,
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height 150-190+ cm

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percentile

Your Grip Strength

Both Hands

One Hand Average

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strongerHand − weakerHandstrongerHand

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rightHandIs 0% (0 kg) stronger thanLeftHand

Demographic Peer Group for Comparison

Gender: Avg. of both

Age: 17-90 yrs

Height: 150-190+ cm

Average Single Hand Grip and Std. dev. in Peer Group

μ Avg. Strength = --.- kg

σ St. Dev. = --.- kg

Strength Comparison (Your vs. Peer Group)

Stronger than 0% of peer group

Δ = --.- kg less than peer group average

Δ/σ = -.- standard deviations below

Grip Strength Assesment

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Grip Measurement Instructions

Hand grip strength is measured with a device called a hand grip dynamometer. Most dynamometers are fairly accurate and produce similar measurements.

To use the calculator, perform the grip strength measurement:

standing,
upper arm next to torso,
elbow at a right angle,
squeezing as hard as possible for 3-5 seconds,
recording the maximum value for both left and right hand and then obtaining the average.

Study and Data Source

The calculator is based on the SOEP survey and a 2016 study based on its data. Data is from five waves of the German Socio-Economic Panel (2006–2014). It involved a total of 11,790 persons living in Germany (providing 25,285 observations).

References

1. Kolimechkov, Stefan & Castro-Piñero, José & Petrov, Lubomir & Alexandrova, Albena. (2020). The effect of elbow position on the handgrip strength test in children: validity and reliability of TKK 5101 and DynX dynamometers. Pedagogy of Physical Culture and Sports. 24. 240-247. 10.15561/26649837.2020.0504.

2. Steiber N (2016) Strong or Weak Handgrip? Normative Reference Values for the German Population across the Life Course Stratified by Sex, Age, and Body Height. PLoS ONE 11(10): e0163917. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0163917