Grip strength from midlife as an indicator of later-life brain health and cognition: evidence from a British birth cohort

Q Dercon, JM Nicholas, SN James, JM Schott… - BMC geriatrics, 2021 - Springer
Background Grip strength is an indicator of physical function with potential predictive value
for health in ageing populations. We assessed whether trends in grip strength from midlife …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] I forgot when I lost my grip—strong associations between cognition and grip strength in level of performance and change across time in relation to impending …

MP Björk, B Johansson, LB Hassing - Neurobiology of aging, 2016 - Elsevier
An association between level of cognitive function and grip strength is well established,
whereas evidence for longitudinal associations of change in the 2 functions is still unclear …

Grip strength and cognitive abilities: associations in old age

O Sternäng, CA Reynolds, D Finkel… - … Sciences and Social …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Objectives: Both physical functioning and cognitive abilities are important for well-being, not
least in old age. Grip strength is often considered an indicator of general vitality and, as …

Challenging the relationship of grip strength with cognitive status in older adults

A Hooyman, M Malek‐Ahmadi… - … Journal of Geriatric …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Objective Grip strength is a widely used motor assessment in ageing research and has
repeatedly been shown to be associated with cognition. It has been proposed that grip …

Associations between aging-related changes in grip strength and cognitive function in older adults: a systematic review

AR Zammit, A Robitaille, AM Piccinin… - The Journals of …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Objectives Grip strength and cognitive function reflect upper body muscle strength and
mental capacities. Cross-sectional research has suggested that in old age these two …

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 …

Developmental factors associated with decline in grip strength from midlife to old age: a British birth cohort study

D Kuh, R Hardy, JM Blodgett, R Cooper - BMJ open, 2019 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objectives To test whether developmental factors are associated with grip strength
trajectories between 53 and 69 years, and operate independently or on the same pathway/s …

A prospective study on the association between grip strength and cognitive function among middle-aged and elderly Chinese participants

Y Liu, X Cao, N Gu, B Yang, J Wang… - Frontiers in aging …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Objective To study the efficacy of grip strength (GS) as a predictor of cognitive function in a
large, nationwide sample of Chinese participants aged 45 years and above. Methods We …

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 …