Your Hands as You Age
Give Your Hands a Hand
Grip Strength
Grip Strength: Treatment
Tremors
Tremors: Treatment
Arthritis
Arthritis: Treatment
Your Skin
Your Skin: Treatment
Skin Cancer
Skin Cancer: Diagnosis and Treatment
Bruising
Bruising: Treatment
Dupuytren's Contracture
Dupuytren's Contracture: Treatment
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American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons: “Arthritis of the Hand.”
American Osteopathic College of Dermatology: “Bruising Hands And Arms.”
American Society for Surgery of the Hand: “Skin Cancer of the Hand and Upper Extremity,” “Dupuytren's Contracture.”
CDC: “Growing Stronger: Strength Training for Older Adults.”
Cleveland Clinic: “Are You Bound to Get Shaky Hands as You Age?” “Do You Ever Get ‘The Shakes’? 4 Puzzling Questions Answered,” “Are Your Hands Aging You?”
Journal of Musculoskeletal and Neuronal Interactions: “Age-related normative values for handgrip strength and grip strength’s usefulness as a predictor of mortality and both cognitive and physical decline in older adults in northwest Russia.”
NIH National Institute on Aging: “Skin Care and Aging.”