I went to consult a doctor. After hearing about my problems, the doctor very casually asked me to press his two fingers of his left hand. I could not make out the reason. Probably the doctor considered me to be very weak but when I pressed his fingers he jumped from his chair while shouting that I was a fit person.

Jokes apart, you can access a person’s strength by allowing the person to press your hand. Even a handshake can give you an idea about the strength of the other person.

A person who has crossed his 60-years, his future health picture will flash before you, if:
# the man’s grip on your hand is weak
# the person takes more time in getting up from the seat
# the walking speed is very slow
# the person is not able to balance his weight on a single leg

An observation study was conducted to find a link between physical capability and risk of death among the people of a community. The report was combined with the findings of 33-studies conducted in different parts fo the world. It involved 50,000 men & women, who were tracked for more than 4 decades by University College, London.
*The results were that the lowest grip strength had a 67% greater risk of death as compared to the people with strongest grip, during the follow-up.
*Slowest people to get out of a chair had 96% greater risk of death than those with the fastest speed.
*Slowest walkers had 2.87 times the risk of death during follow-up than the fastest walking people.

The report was published in British Medical Journal in May 2009.

Adopted from an article, courtesy: http://www.healthenclave.com