Grip strength: an indispensable biomarker for older adults

RW Bohannon - Clinical interventions in aging, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Grip strength has been proposed as a biomarker. Supporting this proposition, evidence is
provided herein that shows grip strength is largely consistent as an explanator of concurrent …

Exercise as medicine for mental and substance use disorders: a meta-review of the benefits for neuropsychiatric and cognitive outcomes

G Ashdown-Franks, J Firth, R Carney, AF Carvalho… - Sports Medicine, 2020 - Springer
Background Exercise may improve neuropsychiatric and cognitive symptoms in people with
mental disorders, but the totality of the evidence is unclear. We conducted a meta-review of …

Associations between handgrip strength and dementia risk, cognition, and neuroimaging outcomes in the UK Biobank cohort study

KA Duchowny, SF Ackley, WD Brenowitz… - JAMA network …, 2022 - jamanetwork.com
Importance The associations between muscle strength and cognitive outcomes have
sparked interest in interventions that increase muscle strength for prevention of dementia …

[HTML][HTML] The effect of active video games on cognitive functioning in clinical and non-clinical populations: A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

E Stanmore, B Stubbs, D Vancampfort… - Neuroscience & …, 2017 - Elsevier
Physically-active video games ('exergames') have recently gained popularity for leisure and
entertainment purposes. Using exergames to combine physical activity and cognitively …

Associations between grip strength, brain structure, and mental health in> 40,000 participants from the UK Biobank

R Jiang, ML Westwater, S Noble, M Rosenblatt, W Dai… - BMC medicine, 2022 - Springer
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 …

Functional and/or structural brain changes in response to resistance exercises and resistance training lead to cognitive improvements–a systematic review

F Herold, A Törpel, L Schega, NG Müller - European Review of Aging and …, 2019 - Springer
Background During the aging process, physical capabilities (eg, muscular strength) and
cognitive functions (eg, memory) gradually decrease. Regarding cognitive functions …

Grip strength and the risk of cognitive decline and dementia: a systematic review and meta-analysis of longitudinal cohort studies

M Cui, S Zhang, Y Liu, X Gang, G Wang - Frontiers in aging …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Purpose: Loss of grip strength and cognitive impairment are prevalent in the elderly, and
they may share the pathogenesis in common. Several original studies have investigated the …

Associations of handgrip strength with morbidity and all-cause mortality of cardiometabolic multimorbidity

Y Lu, G Li, P Ferrari, H Freisling, Y Qiao, L Wu, L Shao… - BMC medicine, 2022 - Springer
Background Cardiometabolic multimorbidity (CM) is an increasing public health and clinical
concern. However, predictors for the development and prognosis of CM are poorly …

Resistance, vulnerability and resilience: a review of the cognitive cerebellum in aging and neurodegenerative diseases

KJ Liang, ES Carlson - Neurobiology of learning and memory, 2020 - Elsevier
In the context of neurodegeneration and aging, the cerebellum is an enigma. Genetic
markers of cellular aging in cerebellum accumulate more slowly than in the rest of the brain …

Handgrip strength is associated with hippocampal volume and white matter hyperintensities in major depression and healthy controls: a UK Biobank study

JA Firth, L Smith, J Sarris, D Vancampfort… - Psychosomatic …, 2020 - journals.lww.com
Objective Emerging evidence suggests that handgrip strength (a proxy for muscular fitness)
is associated with better cognitive performance in people with major depressive disorder …