Grip

An intervention combining yoga and the Mediterranean diet improved nutrition, balance and body strength in community-dwelling older adults, according to results a randomized controlled trial published in Nutrients.

Published results showed preoperative grip strength positively correlated with shoulder strength and function after reverse shoulder arthroplasty and may work as a prediction tool for outcomes in these patients.

Distal radial artery access for PCI showed no significant change in hand function and similar rates of access-site bleeding and radial artery occlusion at 1 year vs. proximal access, a speaker reported.

Researchers have developed guidelines for testing handgrip strength that may help physicians gain insight into their patients’ mortality risk.

Hand function after distal radial artery access vs. proximal artery access in cardiac catheterization.

Older men with worse grip strength, gait speed and chair stand times within 5 years before a fracture have increased risk for death, according to study findings published in the Journal of Bone and Mineral Research.

ATLANTA — Thirty-day hand function did not differ following distal radial artery access compared with proximal radial access PCI, researchers reported.

Lower grip strength was associated with an increased odds of depression in middle-aged and older adults, according to results of a study published in Scientific Reports.

Patients who received platelet-rich plasma during surgical treatment of carpal tunnel syndrome regained hand grip strength earlier than patients who received placebo, according to published results.