Overview
- The peer-reviewed findings were published Sept. 16 in Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise.
- Forty-eight adults aged 18–84 completed a thrice-weekly, four-week handgrip resistance program with nerve conduction velocity and strength measured before and after.
- Nerve conduction was assessed in the forearm using standard stimulation tests of the median nerve.
- Every older participant who trained showed post-intervention improvements in nerve conduction.
- The team plans follow-up studies to verify the reinnervation mechanism and test whether similar benefits occur in other muscles and populations.