Hand Strength

Long-term treatment with IV administration of a novel therapeutic for those with myotonic dystrophy type 1 led to significant improvement in muscle strength and control and improved quality of life, data show.

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.

LAS VEGAS — According to presented results, patients who underwent carpometacarpal arthroplasty with metacarpophalangeal fusion had stronger pinch strength compared with patients who underwent carpometacarpal arthroplasty alone.

Among postmenopausal women, researchers observed no significant associations between ovarian steroids, adrenal hormones, insulin-like growth factor I, parathormone and vitamin D and handgrip strength, according to study results.

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.

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