Agreement between upper and lower limb measures to identify older adults with low skeletal muscle strength, muscle mass and muscle quality.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Identifying low skeletal muscle strength (SMS), skeletal muscle mass (SMM) and skeletal muscle quality (SMQ) is pivotal for diagnosing sarcopenia cases. Age-related declines in SMS, SMM, and SMQ are dissimilar between the upper (UL) and lower limbs (LL). Despite this, both UL and LL measures have been used to assess SMS, SMM and SMQ in older adults. However, it is not clear whether there is agreement between UL and LL measures to identify older adults with low SMS, SMM and SMQ.

Objective

To investigate the agreement between UL and LL measures to identify older adults with low SMS, SMM and SMQ.

Methods

Participants (n = 385; 66.1 ± 5.1 years; 75,4% females) performed the handgrip strength test (HGS) and the 30-s chair stand test (CST) to assess UL- and LL-SM

SUBMITTER: Phillipe de Lucena Alves C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8782376 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature