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Evaluating Additional Aspects of Muscle Function with a Digital Handgrip Dynamometer and Accelerometer for Cognitive Functioning in Older Adults: A Pilot Study

Handgrip dynamometers are used to assess handgrip strength (HGS), and low HGS is linked to poor cognitive function. Although HGS is a reliable measure of muscle function, it is only measuring maximal grip force. Other aspects of muscle function such as force control, fatigability, and steadiness are...

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Autores principales: Klawitter, Lukus, Mahoney, Sean J., Dahl, Lindsey, Hackney, Kyle J., Herrmann, Stephen D., Edwards, Bradley, McGrath, Ryan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: IOS Press 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7836018/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33532697
http://dx.doi.org/10.3233/ADR-200225
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author Klawitter, Lukus
Mahoney, Sean J.
Dahl, Lindsey
Hackney, Kyle J.
Herrmann, Stephen D.
Edwards, Bradley
McGrath, Ryan
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description Handgrip dynamometers are used to assess handgrip strength (HGS), and low HGS is linked to poor cognitive function. Although HGS is a reliable measure of muscle function, it is only measuring maximal grip force. Other aspects of muscle function such as force control, fatigability, and steadiness are unaccounted for in current HGS protocols. This pilot study sought to determine the role of maximal HGS, submaximal HGS force control, HGS fatigability, and HGS neuromuscular steadiness on cognitive function in older adults. Our findings indicate that these additional HGS measurements could factor into detecting poorer cognitive functioning, while also evolving HGS protocols.
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spelling pubmed-78360182021-02-01 Evaluating Additional Aspects of Muscle Function with a Digital Handgrip Dynamometer and Accelerometer for Cognitive Functioning in Older Adults: A Pilot Study Klawitter, Lukus Mahoney, Sean J. Dahl, Lindsey Hackney, Kyle J. Herrmann, Stephen D. Edwards, Bradley McGrath, Ryan J Alzheimers Dis Rep Short Communication Handgrip dynamometers are used to assess handgrip strength (HGS), and low HGS is linked to poor cognitive function. Although HGS is a reliable measure of muscle function, it is only measuring maximal grip force. Other aspects of muscle function such as force control, fatigability, and steadiness are unaccounted for in current HGS protocols. This pilot study sought to determine the role of maximal HGS, submaximal HGS force control, HGS fatigability, and HGS neuromuscular steadiness on cognitive function in older adults. Our findings indicate that these additional HGS measurements could factor into detecting poorer cognitive functioning, while also evolving HGS protocols. IOS Press 2020-12-05 /pmc/articles/PMC7836018/ /pubmed/33532697 http://dx.doi.org/10.3233/ADR-200225 Text en © 2020 – IOS Press and the authors. All rights reserved https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
spellingShingle Short Communication
Klawitter, Lukus
Mahoney, Sean J.
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Edwards, Bradley
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Evaluating Additional Aspects of Muscle Function with a Digital Handgrip Dynamometer and Accelerometer for Cognitive Functioning in Older Adults: A Pilot Study
title Evaluating Additional Aspects of Muscle Function with a Digital Handgrip Dynamometer and Accelerometer for Cognitive Functioning in Older Adults: A Pilot Study
title_full Evaluating Additional Aspects of Muscle Function with a Digital Handgrip Dynamometer and Accelerometer for Cognitive Functioning in Older Adults: A Pilot Study
title_fullStr Evaluating Additional Aspects of Muscle Function with a Digital Handgrip Dynamometer and Accelerometer for Cognitive Functioning in Older Adults: A Pilot Study
title_full_unstemmed Evaluating Additional Aspects of Muscle Function with a Digital Handgrip Dynamometer and Accelerometer for Cognitive Functioning in Older Adults: A Pilot Study
title_short Evaluating Additional Aspects of Muscle Function with a Digital Handgrip Dynamometer and Accelerometer for Cognitive Functioning in Older Adults: A Pilot Study
title_sort evaluating additional aspects of muscle function with a digital handgrip dynamometer and accelerometer for cognitive functioning in older adults: a pilot study
topic Short Communication
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7836018/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33532697
http://dx.doi.org/10.3233/ADR-200225
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