Associations Between Aging-Related Changes in Grip Strength and Cognitive Function in Older Adults: A Systematic Review.

ABSTRACT:

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 processes are moderately to highly associated, and that an underlying common cause drives this association. Our aim was to synthesize and evaluate longitudinal research addressing whether changes in grip strength are associated with changes in cognitive function in healthy older adults.

Methods

We systematically reviewed English-language research investigating the longitudinal association between repeated measures of grip strength and of cognitive function in community-dwelling older adults to evaluate the extent to which the two indices decline concurrently. We used four search engines: Embase, PsychINFO,

SUBMITTER: Zammit AR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6417444 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature