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The Q\u2013Q plot indicated some violations of normality; therefore, we used a robust repeated measures ANOVA function in R.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      We found evidence for a localized interaction effect (\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u20090.02), with a sport difference in the change from Test 1 (baseline) to Test 3 and Test 2 to Test 3 (kendo\u2009&gt;\u2009soccer). There was no statistically significant main effect of sport (\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u20090.06); however, kendo was on average 2.4 (95% CI: \u22120.08, 4.9)\u2009kg stronger than soccer athletes. When collapsing across groups, HGS increased from Test 1 to Test 2 by 1.9 (1.5, 2.3)\u2009kg, and from Test 2 to Test 3 by 2.8 (2.1, 3.6)\u2009kg.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Sports that involve gripping tools in conjunction with natural movements may help improve HGS during the developmental period.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1002\/ajhb.70139","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,9,20]],"date-time":"2025-09-20T10:00:21Z","timestamp":1758362421000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":1,"title":["A 2\u2010Year Follow\u2010Up Study of Changes in Handgrip Strength in Young Athletes Playing With and Without Gripping Sports Equipment"],"prefix":"10.1002","volume":"37","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-0568-1004","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Takashi","family":"Abe","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute of Health and Sports Science &amp; 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