Objective To analyze the relationship between grip strength and symptoms of depression,
considering sex and age, in adults from 18 countries. Methods Cross-sectional data for …

Human aging is accompanied by a decline in muscle mass and muscle function, which is
commonly referred to as sarcopenia. Sarcopenia is associated with detrimental clinical …

Background Healthy diet has been associated with better muscle strength and physical
performance in cross-sectional studies of older adults but the effect of dietary patterns (DP) …

Background While traditional resistance exercises have been widely used to promote
muscle strength and hypertrophy in the elderly, few studies have reported the use of a …

Background Decreased physical performance, such as weakened handgrip strength and
cognitive decline, is associated with disability and premature death in old age. We …

Background: muscle strength measured as handgrip strength declines with increasing age
and predicts mortality. While handgrip strength is determined by lifestyle through nutrition …

This study aimed to evaluate the association between skeletal muscle mass and long-term
all-cause mortality among nonagenarians and centenarians in China. We used data from …

Purpose Handgrip strength is strongly related to muscle power in the extremities and is an
important index for diagnosing sarcopenia. We evaluated the relationship between handgrip …

Sarcopenia is thought to play a major role in the functional impairment that occurs with old
age. In clinical practice, sarcopenia is often determined by measuring handgrip strength …

Background: low muscle strength is central to geriatric syndromes including sarcopenia and
frailty. It is well described in community-dwelling older people, but the epidemiology of grip …