For evaluating vascular surgery patients, a handheld device available on Amazon for $50 provides a low-cost and simpler alternative to other frailty measures. Using a grip strength test to evaluate ...

Grip strength can be used to assess reduced muscular strength and physiological resilience that accompanies advancing age.

Weak grip strength is linked with shorter survival and a greater risk of having a heart attack or stroke, according to an international study involving almost 140,000 adults from 17 culturally and ...

A simple hand-grip test may be a reliable way to monitor possible declines in people diagnosed with Parkinson's disease. University of British Columbia researchers Jenn Jakobi and Gareth Jones just ...

The strength of a person’s hand-grip could be an indicator of their cardiovascular risk, suggest findings from a major study published in The Lancet. The research, which included almost 140,000 people ...

Among older patients undergoing hepatobiliary-pancreatic surgery, low preoperative grip strength was independently associated with approximately sevenfold higher odds of postoperative loss of ...