Relative sit-to-stand power: aging trajectories, functionally relevant cut-off points, and normative data in a large European cohort.

ABSTRACT:

Background

A validated, standardized, and feasible test to assess muscle power in older adults has recently been reported: the sit-to-stand (STS) muscle power test. This investigation aimed to assess the relationship between relative STS power and age and to provide normative data, cut-off points, and minimal clinically important differences (MCID) for STS power measures in older women and men.

Methods

A total of 9320 older adults (6161 women and 3159 men) aged 60-103 years and 586 young and middle-aged adults (318 women and 268 men) aged 20-60 years were included in this cross-sectional study. Relative (normalized to body mass), allometric (normalized to height squared), and specific (normalized to legs muscle mass) muscle power values were assessed by the 30 s STS power te

SUBMITTER: Alcazar J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8350203 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature