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Evaluating hand function through task-based assessments may provide insights into functional capacity during daily domestic activities.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Objective<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>This study aimed to examine task-based hand performance during a common household activity and to explore how age and labor exposure relate to hand muscle strength, grip strength, and residual water content among women engaged in household work.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Eighty female participants were recruited and divided into a middle-aged and older group (\u226545 years) and a younger group (20\u201324 years). Hand function was assessed using forearm and wrist pronator muscle strength measurements, bilateral grip strength tests, and a functional towel-wringing task performed under maximal and acceptable conditions.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Young adults demonstrated significantly greater dominant-hand grip strength and wrist pronator muscle strength than middle-aged and older women. Towel-wringing performance was also superior among younger participants, as indicated by lower residual water content after wringing. Pronator muscle strength showed stronger associations with wringing performance than grip strength alone.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Task-based muscle strength assessment provides important insights into functional hand performance during repetitive household activities and may inform ergonomic support strategies for domestic work.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1177\/10519815261468705","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,7,24]],"date-time":"2026-07-24T08:18:42Z","timestamp":1784881122000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/sage-journals-update-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Task-based assessment of hand muscle strength and residual water content in women performing household work"],"prefix":"10.1177","author":[{"given":"Chiu Wei","family":"Chien","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Creative Product Design, Hungkuo Delin University of Technology, New Taipei City, Taiwan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"179","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,7,24]]},"reference":[{"key":"e_1_3_3_2_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1080\/10803548.2010.11076833"},{"key":"e_1_3_3_3_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1080\/00140139.2011.574157"},{"key":"e_1_3_3_4_2","article-title":"Musculoskeletal risk associated with domestic work","volume":"28","author":"Domingos P","year":"2018","unstructured":"Domingos P, Souto B. 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