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ArticleThe journal of nutrition, health & aging2023

Effect of Coenzyme Q10 Supplementation on Sarcopenia, Frailty, and Falls: A Scoping Review.

J Bolt, S Sandhu, A Mohammadi

Open access · greenAbstract readScoping Review
In one paragraph

Article in The journal of nutrition, health & aging, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
6citing papers in PubMed
1.5field-weighted citation impact, top 17% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Review
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  3. Sarcopenic obesity: a review.Archives of endocrinology and metabolism · 2025
    Review
  4. Comparative Assessment of Beeswax Alcohol and Coenzyme QPharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024
    Article
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

J BoltJennifer Bolt, 505 Doyle Ave, Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada, V1Y 6V8, Phone: 250-469-7070 ext. 13459, Email: jennifer.bolt@ubc.ca, ORCiD ID: 0000-0001-7597-8036.
S Sandhu
A Mohammadi
University of British Columbia · CA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10) is well-known for its antioxidant effects and has been highlighted in research related to aging and many age-related conditions. However, there is limited research on the benefit of CoQ10 supplementation in conditions impacting the physical robustness of older adults, such as sarcopenia, frailty, falls and osteoporosis. This scoping review identified and summarized 4 studies that assessed the effects of exogenous CoQ10 on outcomes relating to sarcopenia, frailty, and falls. Results of the studies showed statistically significant improvements in a variety of physical robustness related outcomes, however several limitations of these studies prevent conclusive recommendations from being drawn regarding the benefit of CoQ10 supplementation in these conditions. A well-designed randomized control trial assessing the benefit of CoQ10 supplementation on clinically relevant outcomes related to sarcopenia, frailty, and falls may be warranted.

Indexed as

FrailtySarcopeniaAgedAntioxidantsDietary SupplementsHumansUbiquinoneAntioxidantscoenzyme Q10UbiquinoneAgedcoenzyme-Q10fallsfrailtysarcopenia

Identifiers

PMID37498106
PMCPMC12929983
OpenAlexW4383093217

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