How firmly you can squeeze your hand provides clinicians with a snapshot into your overall health—with studies consistently ...

If someone asks you how you are feeling today, you might flex your biceps to show how strong and fit you are. But perhaps a better indicator of good health is farther down your arm. According to ...

Strong hands and legs make you an asset in many tactical and life-or-death situations. Moreover, the ability to maintain these two critical types of strength is also an indicator of your overall ...

Hand grip strength has become a reliable indicator of health, especially in older adults. Among other associations, a new study finds that low hand grip strength was linked to osteoporosis in women ...

Grip strength is increasingly recognized by researchers and clinicians as a functional vital sign. According to Pete Rohleder, a kinesiologist at Kansas State University, it reflects the cumulative ...

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 ...

Our hands go through so much. From the moment we wake until we turn into bed, they’re in play, spooning breakfast cereal into mouths, smoothing hair, grappling for Oyster cards, tap, tap tapping away ...