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Comparison of lower leg muscle strength and grip strength for diagnosing slower gait speed in the elderly

OBJECTIVES: Sarcopenia, decreased muscle volume and muscle weakness in the elderly is a serious risk of various adverse outcomes. Current diagnostic procedure for sarcopenia includes gait speed, grip strength, and percentage of skeletal muscle volume. However, lower leg muscle strength decreases muc...

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Autores principales: Ohta, Junko, Seki, Momoyo, Ao, Misora, Okajima, Rina, Kuwabara, Akiko, Takaoka, Hiroko, Aoyama, Kaoru, Tanaka, Kiyoshi
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Korean Society of Osteoporosis 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6372762/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30775517
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.afos.2017.07.001
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author Ohta, Junko
Seki, Momoyo
Ao, Misora
Okajima, Rina
Kuwabara, Akiko
Takaoka, Hiroko
Aoyama, Kaoru
Tanaka, Kiyoshi
author_facet Ohta, Junko
Seki, Momoyo
Ao, Misora
Okajima, Rina
Kuwabara, Akiko
Takaoka, Hiroko
Aoyama, Kaoru
Tanaka, Kiyoshi
author_sort Ohta, Junko
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description OBJECTIVES: Sarcopenia, decreased muscle volume and muscle weakness in the elderly is a serious risk of various adverse outcomes. Current diagnostic procedure for sarcopenia includes gait speed, grip strength, and percentage of skeletal muscle volume. However, lower leg muscle strength decreases much faster than grasp power, and we have evaluated the usefulness of its measurement using a recently developed instrument (Locomoscan). METHODS: Forty-three institutionalized elderly subjects were evaluated for their anthropometrical parameters, body composition, grasp and lower leg muscle strength, and gait speed. They were categorized into 2 groups; gait speed equal to or higher than 0.8 m/s and that below 0.8 m/s. RESULTS: Leg muscle strength per body weight was significantly greater in those with their gait speed equal to or higher than 0.8 m/s, whereas there was no significant difference in other parameters. Receiver operator characteristics analysis has shown that leg muscle alone significantly predicted the greater gait speed. CONCLUSIONS: Lower leg muscle strength can be useful for predicting gait speed.
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spelling pubmed-63727622019-02-15 Comparison of lower leg muscle strength and grip strength for diagnosing slower gait speed in the elderly Ohta, Junko Seki, Momoyo Ao, Misora Okajima, Rina Kuwabara, Akiko Takaoka, Hiroko Aoyama, Kaoru Tanaka, Kiyoshi Osteoporos Sarcopenia Original Article OBJECTIVES: Sarcopenia, decreased muscle volume and muscle weakness in the elderly is a serious risk of various adverse outcomes. Current diagnostic procedure for sarcopenia includes gait speed, grip strength, and percentage of skeletal muscle volume. However, lower leg muscle strength decreases much faster than grasp power, and we have evaluated the usefulness of its measurement using a recently developed instrument (Locomoscan). METHODS: Forty-three institutionalized elderly subjects were evaluated for their anthropometrical parameters, body composition, grasp and lower leg muscle strength, and gait speed. They were categorized into 2 groups; gait speed equal to or higher than 0.8 m/s and that below 0.8 m/s. RESULTS: Leg muscle strength per body weight was significantly greater in those with their gait speed equal to or higher than 0.8 m/s, whereas there was no significant difference in other parameters. Receiver operator characteristics analysis has shown that leg muscle alone significantly predicted the greater gait speed. CONCLUSIONS: Lower leg muscle strength can be useful for predicting gait speed. Korean Society of Osteoporosis 2017-09 2017-09-05 /pmc/articles/PMC6372762/ /pubmed/30775517 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.afos.2017.07.001 Text en © 2017 The Korean Society of Osteoporosis. Publishing services by Elsevier B.V. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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Ohta, Junko
Seki, Momoyo
Ao, Misora
Okajima, Rina
Kuwabara, Akiko
Takaoka, Hiroko
Aoyama, Kaoru
Tanaka, Kiyoshi
Comparison of lower leg muscle strength and grip strength for diagnosing slower gait speed in the elderly
title Comparison of lower leg muscle strength and grip strength for diagnosing slower gait speed in the elderly
title_full Comparison of lower leg muscle strength and grip strength for diagnosing slower gait speed in the elderly
title_fullStr Comparison of lower leg muscle strength and grip strength for diagnosing slower gait speed in the elderly
title_full_unstemmed Comparison of lower leg muscle strength and grip strength for diagnosing slower gait speed in the elderly
title_short Comparison of lower leg muscle strength and grip strength for diagnosing slower gait speed in the elderly
title_sort comparison of lower leg muscle strength and grip strength for diagnosing slower gait speed in the elderly
topic Original Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6372762/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30775517
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.afos.2017.07.001
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