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Hand-grip test can indicate decline in physical function of Parkinson’s patients

A basic hand-grip test has proven to be a reliable tool to monitor the decline of patients with Parkinson’s diseases. UBC researchers Jenn Jakobi and Gareth Jones, both Health and Exercise Sciences professors at UBC’s Okanagan campus, recently completed a study that examined the methods used to monitor the progressive advancement of Parkinson’s disease (PD)—a degenerative...