[HTML][HTML] Handgrip strength: an irreplaceable indicator of muscle function

SY Lee - Annals of rehabilitation medicine, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
A study on the correlation between serum vitamin E levels and HGS published in this issue
of the Annals of Rehabilitation Medicine is considered the first attempt on this topic and is a …

[HTML][HTML] Assessment of lifestyle-related risk factors enhances the effectiveness of cardiac stress testing

A Rozanski, S Sakul, J Narula, S Uretsky… - Progress in …, 2023 - Elsevier
Cardiac stress tests have been widely utilized since the 1960s for the diagnostic and
prognostic assessment of patients with suspected coronary artery disease (CAD). Clinical …

Handgrip strength cannot be assumed a proxy for overall muscle strength

SSY Yeung, EM Reijnierse, MC Trappenburg… - Journal of the American …, 2018 - Elsevier
Objectives Dynapenia, low muscle strength, is predictive for negative health outcomes and
is usually expressed as handgrip strength (HGS). Whether HGS can be a proxy for overall …

Poor physical performance predicts future onset of depression in elderly people: Progetto Veneto Anziani Longitudinal Study

N Veronese, B Stubbs, C Trevisan, F Bolzetta… - Physical …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Background. Reduced physical performance is predictive of deleterious outcomes in older
adults. Data considering objective physical performance and incident depression are …

[HTML][HTML] Assessing physical performance and physical activity in large population-based aging studies: home-based assessments or visits to the research center?

E Portegijs, L Karavirta, M Saajanaho, T Rantalainen… - BMC public health, 2019 - Springer
Background The current study aims to compare correlations between a range of measures
of physical performance and physical activity assessing the same underlying construct in …

[HTML][HTML] Validity and reliability of handgrip dynamometry in older adults: A comparison of two widely used dynamometers

MJ Benton, JM Spicher, AL Silva-Smith - PLoS One, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Background Among older adults, decreased handgrip strength is associated with greater
risk of frailty, and loss of physical function, mobility, lean mass, and overall muscular strength …

Inter‐individual variability in response to exercise intervention or usual care in hospitalized older adults

ML Saez de Asteasu, N Martínez‐Velilla… - Journal of cachexia …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Background Exercise protocols applied during hospitalization can prevent functional and
cognitive decline in older adults. The purpose of this study was to examine the individual …

[HTML][HTML] Handgrip strength and all-cause mortality in middle-aged and older Koreans

EJ Bae, NJ Park, HS Sohn, YH Kim - International journal of …, 2019 - mdpi.com
Aging-related decline in handgrip strength has been associated with adverse functional and
metabolic morbidity and mortality. Korea is one of the fastest aging countries, and the …

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 …

A coordinated multi-study analysis of the longitudinal association between handgrip strength and cognitive function in older adults

AR Zammit, AM Piccinin, EC Duggan… - The Journals of …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Objective Handgrip strength, an indicator of overall muscle strength, has been found to be
associated with slower rate of cognitive decline and decreased risk for cognitive impairment …