Analysis of hand-forearm anthropometric components in assessing handgrip and pinch strengths of school-aged children and adolescents: a partial least squares (PLS) approach

Table 6 Internal consistency of factors

Cronbach’s a	Item	Cronbach’s a if item is deleted
0.885	(M1) Hand length	0.877
	^a(M2) Palm length	0.894
	(M5) Hand circumference	0.861
	^a(M7) Fist circumference	0.888
	(M9) Thumb length (digit 1)	0.875
	(M10) Index finger length (digit 2)	0.869
	(M11) Middle finger length (digit 3)	0.866
	^a(M14) Hand depth	0.891
	(M15) Wrist circumference	0.875
	(M16) Forearm Length	0.862
	(M17) Forearm Circumference	0.879

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