Historical Hand Grip Strength of Spanish Schoolchildren, 1900–1925

1900–1925 hand grip strength measurements transcribed from anthropological forms collected by MPN at Spanish summer school camps. The data were validated, pooled by age and year, and analyzed for secular trends in comparison with 21st-century Spanish data. The dataset was authored by Herráez, Ángel and last updated on 2024-05 05.

Use Cases

• Analyze secular trends in physical strength based on historical and contemporary comparison mentioned in the description.
• Model the relationship between age and hand grip strength based on data pooled by children's age.
• Assess historical anthropometric variation based on measurements collected from summer camp attendees.

Strengths

• Data spans a 25-year historical period from 1900 to 1925.
• Measurements were validated, filtered, and pooled according to children's age and year.
• Includes a comparison with contemporary 21st-century Spanish data for trend analysis.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect temporal and source bias inherent to historical archives from a specific institution.

Provenance

Source

Archives of general anthropological forms collected by MPN, published via e-cienciaDatos Harvested Dataverse.

Collection Method

Transcribed from historical records, validated, filtered, and pooled by age and measurement year.

Time Range

1900–1925

Freshness

Last updated 2024-05-05 07:10:32; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Spain