SynthesisEuropean geriatric medicine2021
Association between muscle strength and sleep quality and duration among middle-aged and older adults: a systematic review.
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- The inverse association between skeletal muscle mass to visceral fat ratio (SVR) and sleep disturbance: the mediating role of inflammation and aging acceleration.BMC psychiatry · 2026Article
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- Association between body roundness index and strength fitness in senior middle school students.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Sarcopenia and sleep duration with the likelihood of successful aging among older adults in China: a prospective cohort study.BMC geriatrics · 2025Article
- Objective sleep monitoring at home in older adults: A scoping review.Journal of sleep research · 2025Article
- Evaluating the Association Between Risk Factors of Obstructive Sleep Apnea with Oral Dysfunction and Lifestyle Behavior in Korean Adults Using Data from the Eighth Cycle of the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey: A Cross-Sectional Study.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Protein Intake and Diet Quality Mediate the Relationship Between Sleep and Handgrip Strength in Adults in the HANDLS Study.Nutrients · 2025Article
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- The association between living habits, physical activity level and sarcopenia in chinese older adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus: a cross-sectional study.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Sleep and geriatric syndromes in elderly emergency patients in China: a cross-sectional survey.PeerJ · 2025Article
- The relationship between sleep quality and depressive symptoms in older adults: the mediated role of muscle strength (dynapenia).BMC public health · 2024Article
- Factors Affecting Handgrip Strength in Menopausal Women at High Risk of Sarcopenia: A National Population-Based Study.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Sarcopenia and sleep in individuals with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.Sleep & breathing = Schlaf & Atmung · 2024Article
- Association between sleep duration and possible sarcopenia in middle-aged and elderly Chinese individuals: evidence from the China health and retirement longitudinal study.BMC geriatrics · 2024Article
- Lower motor performance is linked with poor sleep quality, depressive symptoms, and grey matter volume alterations.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2024Article
- Sex- and age-specific normative values of lower extremity muscle power in Italian community-dwellers.Journal of cachexia, sarcopenia and muscle · 2024Article
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Abstract
purposeTo examine the relationship between sleep quality and duration and muscle strength among community-dwelling middle-aged and older adults.
methodsA systematic review was conducted from March 2020 until May 2020. Searches were done for peer-reviewed and English-written articles reporting results of studies in PubMed, Embase, Scopus, Cochrane Library, and in article references lists. The Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses was used as well as the Newcastle-Ottawa Scale (NOS) to appraise the methodological quality.
resultsTwenty-one cross-sectional, three prospective studies and a total of 92,363 subjects were included. The majority of the included studies are classified as "high quality". Handgrip strength is the main method of muscle strength assessment. Sleep assessment is usually conducted using subjective measures, such as validated sleep scales or self-reported questionnaires. Actigraphy, as an objective measure, is used less often. Most studies support strong evidence on the association between weak muscle strength and poor sleep quality and duration among middle-aged and older adults; whereas the results for the gender-specific association and the impact of short or long sleep duration were inconclusive.
conclusionThis review has identified strong evidence on the relationship between sleep quality and duration and muscle strength among middle-aged and older adults. Health professionals should consider this relationship as a component of geriatric assessment in community practice and geriatric settings. Future rigorous research with a combination of subjective and objective measurements is needed to explore whether gender and specific sleep duration are related to muscle strength.
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