Everyday Health

Don’t Lose Your Grip: Rheumatoid Arthritis and Grip Strength

Learn the latest scientific thinking on rheumatoid arthritis-related grip strength deterioration and how to prevent it with ...
Healthline

7 Ways to Stretch and Stengthen Your Hands with Dupuytren's Contracture

Hand stretches for Dupuytren’s contracture can help you maintain movement, ease stiffness, and support recovery. Learn simple ...
Scientific American

Water-Logged 'Prune' Fingers Grip Better

The wrinkles that develop on wet fingers could be an adaptation to give us better grip in slippery conditions, the latest theory suggests. The hypothesis, from Mark Changizi, an evolutionary ...
The Conversation

Prune fingers give us better grip in slippery situations

Long thought to be the effect of osmosis, scientists now think fingers wrinkle in the wet to give us better grip. Flickr/Theron LaBounty Human fingers go wrinkly in the bath to give us better grip in ...
Wired

Mechanical Fingers Grant Grip: No Batteries Needed

Dan Didrick's X-Finger prosthesis is digital in the old-fashioned sense: it replaces digits lost to wear and tear with fully-mobile artifical replacements. Moreover, it does so without any electrical ...
Nature

Pruney fingers grip better

The wrinkles that develop on wet fingers could be an adaptation to give us better grip in slippery conditions, the latest theory suggests. The hypothesis, from Mark Changizi, an evolutionary ...