Forget complex gym machines; the humble pushup is the ultimate indicator of functional longevity and upper-body resilience as ...

Older women with greater strength had a significantly lower risk of death during an eight-year follow-up, researchers ...

This one no-equipment test can reveal whether your lower body strength truly stands out after age 50.

6 Health and Social Research Center, Universidad de Castilla La-Mancha, Cuenca, Spain Objective To examine the predictive validity of field-based muscular strength tests in relation to incident ...

Grip strength is an indicator of longevity, and testing your dead hang time can tell you how well your strength is holding up with age.

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 ...

By Dr. Priyom Bose, Ph.D. A large, diverse cohort study shows that muscle strength, especially grip strength, may signal ...

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 ...

By Dr. Liji Thomas, MD A simple handgrip test may reveal more than muscle power in very old adults, offering insight into how ...