Muscle mass, strength, and physical performance predicting activities of daily living: a meta‐analysis

DXM Wang, J Yao, Y Zirek… - Journal of cachexia …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Background Activities of daily living (ADLs) and instrumental activities of daily living (IADLs)
are essential for independent living and are predictors of morbidity and mortality in older …

[HTML][HTML] The association of objectively measured physical activity and sedentary behavior with skeletal muscle strength and muscle power in older adults: A systematic …

KA Ramsey, AGM Rojer, L D'Andrea, RHJ Otten… - Ageing research …, 2021 - Elsevier
Background Engaging in physical activity (PA) and avoiding sedentary behavior (SB) are
important for healthy ageing with benefits including the mitigation of disability and mortality …

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
Aim The most appropriate muscle index for the definition of sarcopenia has not been agreed
on. We aimed to investigate the associations of muscle mass and strength with 5‐year …

[HTML][HTML] Muscle, health and costs: a glance at their relationship

DM Mijnarends, YC Luiking, RJG Halfens… - The Journal of nutrition …, 2018 - Elsevier
Objective To assess the association between muscle parameters (mass, strength, physical
performance) and activities of daily living (ADL), quality of life (QoL), and health care costs …

[HTML][HTML] Associations of muscle mass and strength with all-cause mortality among US older adults

R Li, J Xia, XI Zhang, WG Gathirua-Mwangi… - Medicine and science …, 2018 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Methods We aimed to prospectively examine individual and joint associations of low muscle
mass and low muscle strength with all-cause mortality in a nationally representative sample …

The clinical usefulness of muscle mass and strength measures in older people: a systematic review

E Lunt, T Ong, AL Gordon, PL Greenhaff… - Age and …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Background sarcopenia is the loss of muscle mass and quality and is diagnosed using
measures of muscle strength, size and mass. We evaluated the literature on whether …

Physical function‐derived cut‐points for the diagnosis of sarcopenia and dynapenia from the Canadian longitudinal study on aging

AJ Tessier, SS Wing, E Rahme… - Journal of Cachexia …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Background Aging is associated with sarcopenia (low muscle mass) and dynapenia (low
muscle strength) leading to disability and mortality. Widely used previous cut‐points for …

[HTML][HTML] Skeletal muscle mass as a mortality predictor among nonagenarians and centenarians: a prospective cohort study

H Wang, S Hai, Y Liu, Y Liu, B Dong - Scientific reports, 2019 - nature.com
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 …

Adiposity, muscle mass, and muscle strength in relation to functional decline in older persons

LA Schaap, A Koster, M Visser - Epidemiologic reviews, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Aging is associated with changes in body composition and muscle strength. This review
aimed to determine the relation between different body composition measures and muscle …

Sarcopenia and physical independence in older adults: the independent and synergic role of muscle mass and muscle function

L Dos Santos, ES Cyrino, M Antunes… - Journal of cachexia …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Background The loss of skeletal muscle mass (MM) or muscle function (MF) alone increases
the risk for losing physical independence in older adults. We aimed to examine the …