ArticleJournal of frailty, sarcopenia and falls2023
Muscle power predicts frailty status over four years: A retrospective cohort study of the National Health and Aging Trends Study.
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- Clinical importance of simple muscular fitness tests to predict long-term health conditions: a systematic review and meta-analysis of 94 cohort studies.British journal of sports medicine · 2026Pooled it
- Frailty in Chinese older adults: the roles of sedentary behavior, relative sit-to-stand power, and their additive interaction.BMC geriatrics · 2026Article
- The role of estimated muscle power from a sit-to-stand test in determining frailty in community-dwelling older adults.PloS one · 2026Article
- Low relative sit-to-stand power is associated with history of falls and fractures, prospective hospitalization, and all-cause mortality in older adults from the Toledo study for healthy aging.Journal of sport and health science · 2025Article
- Associations between sarcopenia operationalized using muscle strength or power and health-related parameters.The Journal of frailty & aging · 2025Article
- Mobility Device Use and Frailty Progression in Community-Dwelling Older Adults With Mobility Limitations.Journal of aging and health · 2025Article
- Muscle power predicts frailty and other adverse events across different settings.The journal of nutrition, health & aging · 2025Article
- Low Relative Sit-to-Stand Power Is Associated With the Development of Adverse Health Outcomes: A 5-Year Longitudinal Study.Journal of cachexia, sarcopenia and muscle · 2025Article
- Age Difference in the Association Between Nutritional Status and Dynapenia in Older Adults.Nutrients · 2025Article
- Reliability and Validity of the Rate of Force Development for Quadriceps in Older Patients with Cardiovascular Disease.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
- Sit-to-Stand Power Is a Stronger Predictor of Gait Speed than Knee Extension Strength.Journal of functional morphology and kinesiology · 2024Article
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Abstract
Objectives: Muscle power is a critical measure of physical capacity in older adults, however the association between muscle power and frailty is not well explored. The purpose of this study is to estimate the association between muscle power and frailty in community-dwelling older adults in the National Health and Aging Trends Study from 2011-2015. Methods: Cross-sectional and prospective analyses were performed on 4,803 community-dwelling older adults. Mean muscle power was calculated using the five-time sit-to-stand test, height, weight, and chair height and dichotomized into high-watt and low-watt groups. Frailty was defined using the five Fried criteria. Results: The low watt-group had higher odds of pre-frailty and frailty at baseline year 2011. In prospective analyses, the low-watt group that was pre-frail at baseline had increased hazards of frailty (AHR 1.62, 95% CI 1.31, 1.99) and decreased hazards of non-frailty (AHR 0.71, 95% CI 0.59, 0.86). The low-watt group that was non-frail at baseline had increased hazards of pre-frailty (1.24, 95% CI 1.04, 1.47) and frailty (1.70, 1.07, 2.70). Conclusions: Lower muscle power is associated with higher odds of pre-frailty and frailty and increased hazards of becoming frail or pre-frail over four years in those who are pre-frail or non-frail at baseline.
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