The interesting pilot study completed by Abe et al
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examined the relationships between lip compression strength (LCS) and handgrip strength
(HGS) in 98 healthy adults. With maximal effort, participants compressed their lips
on an oral performance instrument for measuring LCS and squeezed a handgrip dynamometer
for the measurement of HGS. This pilot study revealed that LCS and HGS were moderately
correlated in the overall sample [r = 0.62; 95% confidence interval (CI) 0.47, 0.72].
Although the strength of the correlations between LCS and HGS decreased when the overall
sample was stratified by sex (men: r = 0.48; CI 0.22, 0.67; women: r = 0.29; CI 0.01,
0.52), it is possible that the lower sampling from the sex stratification drove the
strength of these findings downwards. The authors generally concluded that a relationship
may exist between LCS and HGS, and more research is needed for determining the utility
of LCS, especially in older populations.To read this article in full you will need to make a payment
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Published online: February 03, 2021
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