ArticleAging clinical and experimental research2020
Osteosarcopenia among postmenopausal women and handgrip strength as a practical method for predicting the risk.
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- Prevalence of osteosarcopenia in postmenopausal women: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal of endocrinological investigation · 2026Pooled it
- Association between osteosarcopenia and frailty in older adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC geriatrics · 2026Pooled it
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- Prevalence and risk factors of osteosarcopenia: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC geriatrics · 2023Pooled it
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- Association of serum periostin with bone microarchitecture, muscle mass and function in Chinese postmenopausal women.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2026Article
- Prevalence and predictors of osteosarcopenia and relationship with physical functionality in rural and urban Indian women.Archives of osteoporosis · 2025Article
- Gynoid lean muscle mass as mediator between menarche age, hand grip and bone mineral density in postmenopausal women.Scientific reports · 2025Article
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- Hand grip strength and all-cause mortality risk in individuals with decreased bone mass: a study from NHANES database.Frontiers in medicine · 2024Article
- Discovering the Individualized Factors Associated with Sarcopenia and Sarcopenic Obesity Phenotypes-A Machine Learning Approach.Nutrients · 2023Article
- Does Hand Grip Strength (HGS) Predict Functional Independence Differently in Patients Post Hip Replacement Due to Osteoarthritis versus Patients Status Post Hip Replacement Due to a Fracture?Clinical interventions in aging · 2023Article
- Association of total lifetime breastfeeding duration with midlife handgrip strength: findings from Project Viva.BMC women's health · 2022Article
- Osteosarcopenia: A Narrative Review on Clinical Studies.International journal of molecular sciences · 2022Review
- Drug discovery of sclerostin inhibitors.Acta pharmaceutica Sinica. B · 2022Review
- Sarcopenia and bone health: new acquisitions for a firm liaison.Therapeutic advances in musculoskeletal disease · 2022Review
- Energy Metabolism Changes and Dysregulated Lipid Metabolism in Postmenopausal Women.Nutrients · 2021Review
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Abstract
backgroundOsteosarcopenia is a recently described geriatric syndrome. Studies concerning its role on physical function are relatively few.
aimTo evaluate the prevalence of osteosarcopenia and to analyze its relationship with physical function among postmenopausal women.
methodsDemographic and clinical data, fracture risk, and osteosarcopenia risk factors of 140 postmenopausal women were evaluated between April 2018 and September 2018. Body composition and bone mineral density were measured by dual-energy X-ray absorbtiometry. Handgrip strength and physical performance test results were recorded. Sarcopenia was diagnosed according to the European Working Group on Sarcopenia in Older People, whereas osteopenia/osteoporosis was diagnosed according to the World Health Organisation criteria.
resultsThe mean age of the patients was 64.1 ± 8.9 years. Among the patients, 64.3% (n = 90) were found to be osteosarcopenic. Insufficient protein and calcium intake and low physical activity level were found to be the most frequent risk factors. When further analysis was done according to the osteosarcopenia, sarcopenia-only, and osteoporosis-only groups, osteosarcopenia group revealed the lowest body mass index, skeletal mass index, handgrip strength values, and physical performance test results. The handgrip strength was found to be a determinant of osteosarcopenia and each 1-unit decrease in handgrip strength increased the risk of osteosarcopenia by 1.162 times (95% CI 1.086-1.25).
conclusionsThe prevalence of osteosarcopenia is high among postmenopausal women. It is recommended to be aware of osteosarcopenia while managing osteoporotic patients, to use handgrip strength as a simple screening method, and to consider sarcopenia treatment as an important component of osteoporosis prevention and treatment.
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