Get to grips with your health by shaking hands
Grip strength is a potentially useful indicator of general wellbeing
17 February 2020 - 05:03
“Get a grip”, we often tell ourselves (and sometimes others). Usually this phrase is a way of telling ourselves to rein in our emotions, but perhaps in 2020 we should take it a little more literally.
That’s because grip strength, the measure of muscular strength generated by the forearm muscles, has been found to be a good indicator of overall strength, injury-likelihood and recovery time...
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