Decoding the imperial “grip” in J.G. Farrell’s The Singapore Grip

The Locking-Grip of Lithotrites

Sir,?The range of grip of lithotrites is. as Colonel Keegan remarks in his letter published in the July number of the Indian Medical Gazelle, of vital importance to all who may have to use these instruments, and both that letter and Colonel Keegan's article on lithotrites in the April number must have been read with great interest by many Indian Surgeons. For some time past I have been making e...

Human Grip Responses to Perturbations of Objects During Precision Grip

Grasp stability of a precision grip requires fine control of three-dimensional fingertip forces. This chapter begins with a review of the literature on how precision grip forces are affected by intrinsic object properties, anticipation, load direction, and sensory feedback. Previous studies have established that reactive, initial increases in grip forces (pulse-like ‘‘catch-up responses’’ in gr...

Effect of Grip Span on Lateral Pinch Grip Strength

Repetitive, high-force pinch grip exertions are common in many occupational activities. The goal of the current study was to quantify the relationship between lateral pinch grip span (distance between thumb and index finger) and lateral pinch grip strength. An experiment was conducted in which 40 participants performed maximal lateral pinch grip exertions at 11 levels of grip span distances (0,...

Grip on Challenging Behaviour

Grip strength predicts outcome.

Sir—I was pleased to read the Research Letter of Kerr et al. in the January issue of this journal [1]. In it, they report a relationship between the grip strength and discharge disposition of elders admitted to hospital. Their research, though informative, is not the first to investigate ‘the link between grip strength and outcome in non-surgical settings’. For a primarily aged cohort of patien...