ArticleJournal of musculoskeletal & neuronal interactions2015
Effect of age and sex on jumping mechanography and other measures of muscle mass and function.
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- Combination of DXA and BIS Predicts Jump Power Better Than Traditional Measures of Sarcopenia.JBMR plus · 2021Article
- Computed Tomography-Derived Skeletal Muscle Radiodensity Predicts Peak Weight-Corrected Jump Power in Older Adults: The Korean Urban Rural Elderly (KURE) Study.Calcified tissue international · 2021Article
- Muscle Performance Changes with Age in Active Women.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Jump power, leg press power, leg strength and grip strength differentially associated with physical performance: The Developmental Epidemiologic Cohort Study (DECOS).Experimental gerontology · 2021Article
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Abstract
objectivesSarcopenia increases falls and fracture risk. Sarcopenia clinical trials require robust quantitative tools to evaluate muscle function; jumping mechanography (JM) is likely one such tool. However, US data comparing JM with traditional tests across the lifespan is limited. This study evaluated the effect of age and sex on JM compared with traditional function tests and lean mass.
methodsUS adults (213 women/119 men; mean age 65.4 years, range 27-96) performed functional tests including JM, Short Physical Performance Battery (SPPB) and grip strength (GS). Appendicular lean mass (ALM) was measured using DXA.
resultsMen had higher relative jump power [mean (SD) 28.5 (10.52) vs. 21.9 (7.11) W/kg], GS [35.5 (9.84) vs. 22.7 (6.98) kg] and ALM/ht(2) [8.25 (1.35) vs. 6.99 (1.38) kg/m2] (all p<0.0001); no difference was observed for SPPB components. JM parameters were more strongly correlated with age than traditional tests (R2=0.38-0.61 vs. R2=0.01-0.28) and weakly with GS and chair rise time (R2=0.30-0.36).
conclusionJM parameters are correlated with GS and chair rise time and demonstrate stronger correlations with age. JM shows promise as a valuable tool to evaluate and monitor interventions for sarcopenia as it could potentially detect change in muscle function more precisely than existing tools.
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