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who were diagnosed by experts. The
results had been due to be presented
at ENDO 2020, the Endocrine
Society’s annual meeting, before it
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lead the research at the Garvan
Institute of Medical Research in
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Type 2 diabetes by measuring the
strength of a person’s grip with a
device costing just £15.
Muscle weakness has been known
to be a signal even in otherwise
healthy people – but there has never
been a way to properly test it.
Now clinicians can detect high-risk
patients in just seconds with the
new equipment and get them the
treatment they need.
Doctors often lack evidence for
Type 2 diabetes when it is in its early
stages, but a prompt diagnosis can
prevent or delay complications such
as tingling and numbness, damaged
vision and kidney damage.
Researchers from Oakland
University in Michigan
looked at three years of
American health sur-
vey data to discover
whether levels of grip
strength related to a
higher risk.
The information was
from people who had
already been screened
for other conditions
linked to diabetes, such as
high blood pressure.
Dr Elise Brown, from
the Oakland Universityteam, said: “Our study identifies the
levels of handgrip strength and
weakness that correlate with Type 2
diabetes in otherwise healthy men
and women, according to their body
weights and ages.
“As the Type 2 diabetes patient
population continues to increase in
the US, diagnosing this disease in its
early stages is becoming increasingly
more important for preventing com-
plications caused by blood vessel
damage associated with diabetes.
“Healthcare providers now have a
reliable test to detect it early before
such complications set in.”
Using a handgrip dynamometer,
costing around £15, healthcare
workers can flag up patients
for further testing.
Dr Brown added: “Given
the low cost, minimal train-
ing requirement and quick-
ness of the assessment, the
normalised grip could be
used in routine health
screenings to identify
those patients who are at
risk and improve diagno-
sis and outcomes.”
The team’s pioneering
findings have been
published in the
American Journal of
Preventive Medicine.