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

JD Moreland, JA Richardson… - Journal of the …, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
adults in a number of randomized controlled trials. The ability of muscle to generate …
whether muscle weakness was a risk factor for falls in older adults. The research questions were: …

Muscle weakness and functional limitations in an ethnically diverse sample of older adults

RP McGrath, KJ Ottenbacher, BM Vincent… - Ethnicity & …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
… , may differentially impact the association between weakness and functional limitations. This
muscle weakness thresholds associated with functional limitations among older adults, and (…

Muscle weakness in adults: evaluation and differential diagnosis

ST Larson, J Wilbur - American family physician, 2020 - aafp.org
… Conversely, inclusion body myositis, which tends to occur in older adults, has a gradual
course, affecting distal muscles early and progressing in an asymmetric pattern. …

Identification of muscle weakness in older adults from normalized upper and lower limbs strength: a cross-sectional study

PP Abdalla, L Bohn, LSL da Silva… - BMC Sports Science …, 2021 - Springer
… for older adultsweakness with upper and lower limbs muscle strength normalized by body-size
with the ratio standard/muscle … of muscle strength by ratio standard/muscle quality and …

Older adults' perceptions of weakness and ageing

KL Rush, WE Watts, J Stanbury - International Journal of Older …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
… It is important to engage older adults in active strategies that enhance muscle strength
while capitalizing on their self-motivating and validating efforts at staying strong. …

[PDF][PDF] Contribution of muscle weakness to postural instability in the elderly

R Orr - Eur J Phys Rehabil Med, 2010 - academia.edu
… these relationships in older adults. Thus the objective of this review is to examine the
contribution of muscle weakness to postural stability in healthy older adults and to investigate the …

Cut points for clinical muscle weakness among older Americans

KA Duchowny, MD Peterson, PJ Clarke - American journal of preventive …, 2017 - Elsevier
… The current recommendations used to classify older adults as clinically weak were derived …
muscle weakness and to estimate the race- and sex-specific prevalence of muscle weakness. …

Interventions for sarcopenia and muscle weakness in older people

SE Borst - Age and ageing, 2004 - academic.oup.com
… [55] have recently reviewed the literature on progressive resistance training in older adults.
Their analysis of 41 randomized controlled trials revealed that moderate to large increases in …

Associations of social frailty with loss of muscle mass and muscle weakness among community‐dwelling older adults

H Makizako, T Kubozono, R Kiyama… - Geriatrics & …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
older adults with social frailty might have decreased muscle function, including muscle weakness
and decreased muscle … changes of body composition among older adults is unclear.15, …

Muscle weakness is related to slip-initiated falls among community-dwelling older adults

L Ding, F Yang - Journal of biomechanics, 2016 - Elsevier
muscle weakness is a limiting factor for balance recovery after a slip perturbation among
older adults… this factor through exercise-based muscle strengthening interventions. To date, …