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The Detection of Feigned Hand Weakness Using the Five Position Grip Strength Test

M. TREDGETT
L. J. PIMBLE
T. R. C. DAVIS

From the Department of Trauma and Orthopaedics, Queen’s Medical Centre, University Hospital, Nottingham, UK

Correspondence: Mr M. W. Tredgett, Department of Trauma and Orthopaedics, Queen’s Medical Centre, University Hospital, Nottingham, UK. E-mail: mtredgett{at}msm.com

This study assessed the sensitivity and specificity of the five-position grip strength test (5PGST) for detecting feigned hand weakness in healthy volunteers. The 5PGST reliably detected feigned hand weakness in only 15% of cases. Thirty-three per cent of volunteers demonstrated an entirely normal pattern of grip strength when feigning weakness.

Journal of Hand Surgery (British and European Volume), Vol. 24, No. 4, 426-428 (1999)
DOI: 10.1054/JHSB.1999.0205
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