Grip strength correlates with working memory performance and prefrontal activation, highlighting its potential as a cognitive ...

When I was trained as an American physician, I was never exposed to the concept of muscle strength testing that is utilized as part of the pseudo-scientific field of applied kinesiology (AK). To be ...

A new study suggests that muscle strength, particularly grip strength, is associated with longevity and could offer a practical screening tool for aging-related risk.

Muscle strength declines rapidly during adulthood but is essential if patients are to maintain their health and independence. This is especially pertinent because by 2050, women ages 75 and older will ...

Handgrip strength test: simple squeeze predicts muscle, heart health, ageing, and cardiovascular risk.

The wall-sit test is a simple yet powerful way to gauge lower-body endurance and reveal how well your heart copes with ...

For fitness-minded folks, muscle testing can sound pretty intriguing. But it turns out that it has little to do with fitness...or even muscles. On a basic level, muscle testing looks at a muscle and ...

Cancer patients with high muscle strength and cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) had a significantly lower risk of death from any cause, including those with advanced cancers, a large retrospective ...

The findings could have implications for robotics, prosthetics and energy efficient machines. John McGrath and José Alvarado with HillBot, a robot designed to test parameters of muscle strength and ...

Here is a challenging but quick workout to add to your upper-body day and see where you rank on a spectrum of training when preparing for calisthenics and weighted calisthenics fitness tests. We have ...