Background During the aging process, physical capabilities (eg, muscular strength) and
cognitive functions (eg, memory) gradually decrease. Regarding cognitive functions …

Demonstrations that grip strength has predictive power in relation to a range of health
conditions—even when these are assessed decades later—has motivated claims that hand …

Background Maintaining cognitive function is an important aspect of healthy ageing. In this
study, we examined age trajectories of cognitive decline in a large nationally representative …

Background Grip strength is a widely used and well-validated measure of overall health that
is increasingly understood to index risk for psychiatric illness and neurodegeneration in …

Background The gait speed and handgrip strength represented the core determinants of
physical frailty and sarcopenia, which were reported to be associated with cognitive …

This study aimed to investigate the association between a virtual reality (VR) intervention
program and cognitive, brain and physical functions in high-risk older adults. In a …

Cognitive decline in older adults contributes to reduced ability to perform daily tasks and
continued disuse leads to muscle weakness and potentiates functional loss. Despite explicit …

Frailty and cognitive impairment are among the 2 most common geriatric syndromes. Their
presence poses major risks to the elderly including greater disability, reduced quality of life …

Background Handgrip strength may provide an easily-administered marker of cognitive
functional status. However, further population-scale research examining relationships …

Background This study aimed to investigate the associations of sarcopenia and its defining
components with cognitive function in community-dwelling oldest old (over 80 years old) in …