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The Evidence

Explore the peer-reviewed research publications validating GripAble’s superior accuracy and effectiveness for hand grip strength measurement in real-world clinical settings.

Remote grip strength assessment w/ GripAble shows high reliability


Sharah Abdul Mutalib, Daniel Jenkinson, Sonia Pike et al. Remote, Reliable, Repeatable: Real-World Test, Retest Validation of Hand Grip Strength Assessments; (2025 June 4)

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GripAble has excellent test-retest reliability with Jamar


Li E. Y. Y., Robinson LS, Stockdale C. Establishing the Reliability and Validity for GripAble: A Handheld Sensor-based Dynamometry Device. Hand Therapy; 30(2):90-99. (2025 March 13)

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GripAble’s reliability to assess maximal hand grip strength

Kudin, R., Ergen, H. I., & McGee, C.W., Test-Retest Reliability and Precision of GripAble, A Multi-Purpose Exergaming Device. Games for Health Journal. (2025 Feb 12)

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GripAble: accuracy and reliability for occupational therapy practitioners

Ergen, H. I., Kudin, R., & McGee, C. W. Interrater Reliability and Precision of a Novel Hand Strength Assessment and Treatment Device: The GripAble. The American Journal of Occupational Therapy : Official Publication of the American Occupational Therapy Association, 78(5). (2024)

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Normative reference values for UK adults using GripAble

Mutalib, S. A., Sharma, D., Pike, S., Gwynne, L., Hyde, S., Morehouse, J., Davey, H., Edwards, L., Douglass-Kirk, P., Burdet, E., Goldsmith, N., & Mace, M. GripAble: Interrater Reliability and Normative Grip Strength of UK Population. Journal of Hand Therapy. (2024)

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GripAble has good-to-excellent inter-instrument reliability to Jamar Plus+

Mutalib, S. A., Mace, M., Seager, C., Burdet, E., Mathiowetz, V., & Goldsmith, N. Modernising grip dynamometry: Inter-instrument reliability between GripAble and Jamar. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 23(1), 80. (2022)

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GripAble: a highly robust, accurate,
reliable grip strength dynamometer

Mace, M., Mutalib, S. A., Ogrinc, M., Goldsmith, N., & Burdet, E. GripAble: An Accurate, Sensitive and Robust Digital Device for Measuring Grip Strength. Journal of Rehabilitation and Assistive Technologies Engineering, 9(1), 20556683221078456. (2022)

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Functionally impaired patients face up to 42% higher readmission risk

Greysen, S. R., Stijacic Cenzer, I., Auerbach, A. D., & Covinsky, K. E. (2015). Functional impairment and hospital readmission in Medicare seniors. JAMA Internal Medicine, 175(4), 559-565.

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Functionally impaired patients pay 77% higher post-discharge costs

Greysen, S. R., Stijacic Cenzer, I., Boscardin, W. J., & Covinsky, K. E. (2017). Functional Impairment: An Unmeasured Marker of Medicare Costs for Postacute Care of Older Adults. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 65(9), 1996-2002.

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Functional decline impacts over half of Medicare patients

Damluji, A. A., Chung, S. E., Xue, Q. L., et al. (2021). Frailty and cardiovascular outcomes in the National Health and Aging Trends Study. European Heart Journal, 42(37), 3856-3865.

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Functional independence limits cost US healthcare $24K a patient

Falck, R.S., Percival, A.G., Tai, D. et al. (2022). International depiction of the cost of functional independence limitations among older adults living in the community: a systematic review and cost-of-impairment study. BMC Geriatr 22, 815

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Prevention programmes give a 0.04 QALY health benefit

Snowsill, Tristan M et al. (2022). Cost-effectiveness of a physical activity and behaviour maintenance programme on functional mobility decline in older adults: an economic evaluation of the REACT (Retirement in Action) trial. The Lancet Public Health, Volume 7, Issue 4, e327-e334

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Why Does Grip Strength Matter?

Grip Strength: An Indispensable Biomarker For Older Adults

Bohannon R. W. (2019). Grip Strength: An Indispensable Biomarker For Older Adults. Clinical interventions in aging, 14, 1681-1691.

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Grip strength and mortality: a biomarker of ageing?

Sayer, Avan Aihie et al. (2015). Grip strength and mortality: a biomarker of ageing? The Lancet, Volume 386, Issue 9990, 226-227

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Hand grip strength as a proposed new vital sign of health: a narrative review of evidences

Vaishya, R., Misra, A., Vaish, A. et al. (2024). Hand grip strength as a proposed new vital sign of health: a narrative review of evidences. J Health Popul Nutr 43, 7

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Handgrip strength and health outcomes

Soysal, P. et al. (2021). Handgrip strength and health outcomes: Umbrella review of systematic reviews with meta-analyses of observational studies. Journal of sport and health science, 10(3), 290-295.

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