Pain Free Grip Strength test

摘要

The pain-free grip (PFG) test is used to measure the amountof force that the patient generates to the onset of pain; whenthere is no pain the test result could be regarded as maximumgrip strength. It is commonly performed in patients withlateral epicondylalgia (LE). LE is characterised by thepresence of pain over the lateral humeral epicondyle whichis provoked by at least two of: gripping, resisted wrist ormiddle finger extension, or palpation (Stratford et al 1993)in conjunction with reduced PFG over the affected side(Stratford et al 1993; Vicenzino et al 1996; Vicenzino et al1998).