Resistance exercise for muscular strength in older adults: a meta-analysis

MD Peterson, MR Rhea, A Sen, PM Gordon - Ageing research reviews, 2010 - Elsevier
strength among older adults, particularly with higher intensity training. Findings therefore
suggest that RE may be considered a viable strategy to prevent generalized muscular

The importance of skeletal muscle strength to physical function in older adults

DM Buchner, BJ de Lateur - Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 1991 - academic.oup.com
… given a young and an old adult with the same strength, the older adult is likely to walk slower
and report more physical limitations. Presumably, this result occurs because the older adult

Longitudinal muscle strength changes in older adults: influence of muscle mass, physical activity, and health

VA Hughes, WR Frontera, M Wood… - The Journals of …, 2001 - academic.oup.com
muscle strength in an older adult population, in concert with factors expected to influence
muscle strength, … of these factors in the maintenance of muscle strength as people age and will …

The loss of skeletal muscle strength, mass, and quality in older adults: the health, aging and body composition study

BH Goodpaster, SW Park, TB Harris… - The Journals of …, 2006 - academic.oup.com
… In accord with our results, Frontera and colleagues (27) reported that muscle strength at
baseline and changes in muscle cross-sectional area were independent correlates of strength

[HTML][HTML] … between muscle mass and muscle strength, and the impact of comorbidities: a population-based, cross-sectional study of older adults in the United States

L Chen, DR Nelson, Y Zhao, Z Cui, JA Johnston - BMC geriatrics, 2013 - Springer
… Loss of muscle mass and muscle strength are … muscle mass/strength relationship. The
objectives of this study were to characterize the muscle mass/strength relationship in older adults

Long-term impact of strength training on muscle strength characteristics in older adults

E Kennis, SM Verschueren, A Bogaerts… - Archives of physical …, 2013 - Elsevier
adults. More specifically, we investigated how muscle strength and muscle power in participants
of a 1-year strength-training intervention relate to the muscle strength characteristics of …

Muscle weakness and falls in older adults: a systematic review and meta‐analysis

JD Moreland, JA Richardson… - Journal of the …, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
… It was hypothesized that muscle weakness is a potentially modifiable risk factor for falls in
older adults. A decrease in muscle strength with aging has been well documented, 3 and …

Muscle strength: a better index of low physical performance than muscle mass in older adults

YH Kim, KI Kim, NJ Paik, KW Kim… - Geriatrics & …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
… In a previous cross-sectional study, we found that muscle mass was not associated with
physical performance in weak older adults, emphasising that muscle strength is a better index …

Balance, muscle strength, and fear of falling in older adults

SM Binda, EG Culham, B Brouwer - Experimental aging research, 2003 - Taylor & Francis
… This study examined balance ability, lower-extremity muscle strength, fear of falling and
their inter-relationships in 40 community-dwelling older adults ( > 65 years). Subjects who self-…

Impact of nutrition on muscle mass, strength, and performance in older adults

A Mithal, JP Bonjour, S Boonen, P Burckhardt… - Osteoporosis …, 2013 - Springer
muscle mass, strength, and performance in older adults, focusing on proteins, vitamin D,
vitamin B 12 , and acid-producing diets. We will discuss whether age-related changes to muscle