Alternative therapies such as aerobic exercise, resistance or strength training and isometric hand grip exercises could help people reduce blood pressure. Biofeedback and device-guided slow breathing ...

Following the guidelines for reporting reliability and agreement studies (GRRAS), [22] we tested the intra-rater reproducibility of the WBB performing tests one week apart. Concurrent validity was ...

KERN Hand grip dynamometer is especially suitable for use in rehabilitation centers. It has 4 modes they are Real time mode: immediately shows the client's current strength, Peak/Max mode: shows the ...

Skeletal muscle development is one of the key features of childhood and adolescence. Muscle action determines the functional requirements that are imposed on other organ systems, such as lungs, heart, ...

Background Shoulder range of motion (ROM) and strength measurements are imperative in the clinical assessment of the overhead athlete in the prevention and rehabilitation of sports related shoulder ...

To investigate if handgrip strength (HGS) could be used as a single screening procedure in identifying patients who are classified as being undernourished or nutritionally-at-risk at hospital ...

Background: Low hand grip strength is a strong predictor for both long-term and short-term disability and mortality. The Nintendo Wii Balance Board (WBB) is an inexpensive, portable, wide-spread ...