Background-Grip strength is an indicator of current health status and is used as a single indicator to represent overall muscle strength. The maximum amount of force produced by a muscle is known as Handgrip Strength . Endurance is the capacity of a muscle to withstand the power produced during activity. It is seen that men have greater proportional area of Type II muscle fibres than women and women have more Type I muscle fibres than men. Objective – The objectives of the study is to see if gender has any influence on hand grip strength and hand grip endurance. Methods and Materials:This observational study was conducted at Banarsidas Chandiwala Institute Of Physiotherapy , Delhi . 60 healthy volunteers in the age group of 18-25 years were included. Peak Hand grip strength was assessed usingjamar dynamometer followed by hand grip endurance in the dominant hand. Result:Data was analysed to examine the influence of gender on hand grip strength and hand grip endurance. Significant difference between hand grip strength and hand grip endurance in both the genders was seen (p<0.05). Conclusion:The result of the study showed that there is a significant difference between hand grip strength and hand grip endurance according to gender. The hand grip strength was more in males, females had higher hand grip endurance compared to males.

Hand Grip Strength , Hand Grip Endurance , Type 1 and Type 2 muscle fibres