"Get a Grip" dataset from the Me, Human project

This work has been conducted at the London Science Museum between 02/07/2019 and 31/09/2019 and is part of the public engagement and citizen science collaboration project called Me, Human (www.mehuman.io/). The data set includes raw data of grip strength (power grip and precision grip) measured on visitors of the London Science Museum (UK). The experiments took place at the Science Museum in London during the summer months when the museum was more likely to attract international visitors. We did not record the ethnicity of the participants.

All participants gave their written informed consent before participating in the study. The study was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki, and the protocol was approved by the Department of Psychological Sciences Ethics Committee at Birkbeck (ref: 181996), University of London.

For more details on the method employed, see the published articles: 

Bardo A., Kivell T.L., Town K., Donati G., Ballieux H., Stamate C., Edginton T., Forrester G.S., 2021. Get a grip: variation in modern human grip strength and implication for human evolution. Symmetry 13(7), 1142. DOI: 10.3390/sym13071142. 

Bardo A., Town K., Kivell T.L., Donati G., Ballieux H., Stamate C., Edginton T., Forrester G.S, 2022. The precision of the human hand: variability in pinch strength and manual dexterity. Symmetry 14(1), 71. DOI: 10.3390/sym14010071. 

Version V1.0: raw data of the grip strength (power grip and precision grip) in 663 adults (17 to 83 years old).