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SynthesisAge and ageing2011

Objective measures of physical capability and subsequent health: a systematic review.

Rachel Cooper, Diana Kuh, Cyrus Cooper, Catharine R Gale, Debbie A Lawlor, Fiona Matthews, Rebecca Hardy, FALCon and HALCyon Study Teams

3 registry-linked trialsAbstract readSystematic Review
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In one paragraph

Synthesis in Age and ageing, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 3 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 228 papers, 12 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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228citing papers in PubMed, 12 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT04186468 nacompletednot on this mapstarted 2020, after this paper: background citation

Piloting an ICU Follow-up Clinic to Improve Health Related Quality of Life After a Prolonged Intensive Care Stay

TypeinterventionalSponsorOtto-von-Guericke University MagdeburgRan2020 to 2021Enrolled40ConditionsCritical Illness, PICS, Post Intensive Care SyndromeArmsICU follow-up clinic
NCT06611228 narecruitingnot on this mapstarted 2024, after this paper: background citation

Optimizing Prevention of Hospital-acquired Disability Through Integrated Multidomain Interventions: the Age-IT Project

TypeinterventionalSponsorUniversity of Milano BicoccaRan2024 to 2027Enrolled288ConditionsFrailty Syndrome, AgingArmsMultidomain Interventions
NCT06705946 nacompletednot on this mapstarted 2024, after this paper: background citation

Effects of Dynamic Stability Training Using Water Inertia Load on Lower Limb Joint Moments, Gait and Balance in Elderly Women

TypeinterventionalSponsorHyun Ju KimRan2024 to 2025Enrolled24ConditionsBalance and Gait Impairment in Elderly WomenArmsAqua vest group, Weight vest group
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

228 citing papers in PubMed, 12 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  9. Walking Pace and the Risk of Cognitive Decline and Dementia in Elderly Populations: A Meta-analysis of Prospective Cohort Studies.The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences · 2017
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  19. Effect of a home-based resistance exercise program in elderly participants with osteoporosis: a randomized controlled trial.Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA · 2022
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168 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Rachel CooperMRC Unit for Lifelong Health and Ageing, Division of Population Health, University College London, London, UK. r.cooper@nshd.mrc.ac.uk
Diana Kuh
Cyrus Cooper
Catharine R Gale
Debbie A Lawlor
Fiona Matthews
Rebecca Hardy
FALCon and HALCyon Study Teams

Funding

Medical Research Council G0400491Medical Research Council G0600705Medical Research Council G0601333Medical Research Council MC_U105292687Medical Research Council MC_U123092720Medical Research Council MC_U123092724Medical Research Council MC_UP_A620_1014Medical Research Council MC_UP_A620_1015
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundmeasures of physical capability may be predictive of subsequent health, but existing published studies have not been systematically reviewed. We hypothesised that weaker grip strength, slower walking speed and chair rising and shorter standing balance time, in community-dwelling populations, would be associated with higher subsequent risk of fracture, cognitive outcomes, cardiovascular disease, hospitalisation and institutionalisation.

methodsstudies were identified through systematic searches of the electronic databases MEDLINE and EMBASE (to May 2009). Reference lists of eligible papers were also manually searched.

resultstwenty-four papers had examined the associations between at least one physical capability measure and one of the outcomes. As the physical capability measures and outcomes had been assessed and categorised in different ways in different studies, and there were differences in the potential confounding factors taken into account, this made it impossible to pool results. There were more studies examining fractures than other outcomes, and grip strength and walking speed were the most commonly examined capability measures. Most studies found that weaker grip strength and slower walking speed were associated with increased risk of future fractures and cognitive decline, but residual confounding may explain results in some studies. Associations between physical capability levels and the other specified outcomes have not been tested widely.

conclusionsthere is some evidence to suggest that objective measures of physical capability may be predictors of subsequent health in older community-dwelling populations. Most hypothesised associations have not been studied sufficiently to draw definitive conclusions suggesting the need for further research.

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Health StatusAgedAged, 80 and overCardiovascular DiseasesCognition DisordersFemaleHand StrengthHumansMalePhysical FitnessRisk FactorsWalking

Identifiers

PMID20843964
PMCPMC3000177

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