ReviewNutrition (Burbank, Los Angeles County, Calif.)2012
What is dynapenia?
Review in Nutrition (Burbank, Los Angeles County, Calif.), 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 2 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 198 papers, 9 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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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.
Effect Of The Presence Of Dynapenia On Posture, Spine Muscle Elasticity, Strength And Endurance In Young Adults
The effect of proprioceptive exercise training on cervical proprioception, kinesiophobia, and pain catastrophizing levels in sarcopenic geriatric individuals residing in nursing homes
Who cites it
198 citing papers in PubMed, 9 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Association between Dynapenia and Multimorbidity in Community-Dwelling Older Adults: A Systematic Review.Annals of geriatric medicine and research · 2024Pooled it
- Effects of photobiomodulation therapy on the functional performance of healthy individuals: a systematic review with meta-analysis.Lasers in medical science · 2023Pooled it
- Use It or Lose It? A Meta-Analysis on the Effects of Resistance Training Cessation (Detraining) on Muscle Size in Older Adults.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Pooled it
- Correlation between Handgrip Strength and Depression in Older Adults-A Systematic Review and a Meta-Analysis.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Pooled it
- Influence of Resistance Training on Gait & Balance Parameters in Older Adults: A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Pooled it
- Genome-wide meta-analysis of muscle weakness identifies 15 susceptibility loci in older men and women.Nature communications · 2021Pooled it
- Effects of Resistance Training on Muscle Size and Strength in Very Elderly Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2020Pooled it
- Relationship between the Mediterranean dietary pattern and musculoskeletal health in children, adolescents, and adults: systematic review and evidence map.Nutrition reviews · 2017Pooled it
- Effects of Three Types of Exercise Interventions on Healthy Old Adults' Gait Speed: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2015Pooled it
- The acute effects of action observation on muscle strength/weakness and corticospinal excitability in older adults.Experimental brain research · 2022Trial
- Acute mechanical, physiological and perceptual responses in older men to traditional-set or different cluster-set configuration resistance training protocols.European journal of applied physiology · 2020Trial
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- Modified step aerobics training and neuromuscular function in osteoporotic patients: a randomized controlled pilot study.Archives of orthopaedic and trauma surgery · 2017Trial
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- Low level laser therapy associated with a strength training program on muscle performance in elderly women: a randomized double blind control study.Lasers in medical science · 2016Trial
- Short-term strength training improves muscle quality and functional capacity of elderly women.Age (Dordrecht, Netherlands) · 2014Trial
- A blood test-derived skeletal muscle index combined with handgrip strength identifies a sarcopenia-related high-risk phenotype in non-dialysis-dependent chronic kidney disease.Clinical kidney journal · 2026Article
- Reactive Agility Performance in Older Adults: Associations With Muscle Health and Functional Performance.Geriatrics & gerontology international · 2026Article
- Individualised but Specific Exercise Training Improves Physiologic Reserve and Reduces Frailty in Older Adults with Chronic Lymphocytic Leukaemia: A 12-Week Pragmatic Randomised Controlled Trial.medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2026Article
- Reevaluating Medication Reduction and Functional Outcomes after Stroke.JMA journal · 2026Article
138 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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Abstract
Dynapenia (pronounced dahy-nuh-pē-nē-a, Greek translation for poverty of strength, power, or force) is the age-associated loss of muscle strength that is not caused by neurologic or muscular diseases. Dynapenia predisposes older adults to an increased risk for functional limitations and mortality. For the past several decades, the literature has largely focused on muscle size as the primary cause of dynapenia; however, recent findings have clearly demonstrated that muscle size plays a relatively minor role. Conversely, subclinical deficits in the structure and function of the nervous system and/or impairments in the intrinsic force-generating properties of skeletal muscle are potential antecedents to dynapenia. This review highlights in the contributors to dynapenia and the etiology and risk factors that predispose individuals to dynapenia. In addition, we address the role of nutrition in the muscular and neurologic systems for the preservation of muscle strength throughout the life span.
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