Assessment of Muscle Function and Physical Performance in Daily Clinical Practice

4-Meter Gait Speed Test in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

(2018) Gianna Waldrich Bisca et al.   Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation and Prevention

Pitfalls in the measurement of muscle mass: a need for a reference standard

(2018) Fanny Buckinx et al.   Journal of Cachexia Sarcopenia and Muscle

Effect of Physical Activity versus Health Education on Physical Function, Grip Strength and Mobility

(2017) Adam J. Santanasto et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN GERIATRICS SOCIETY

Association of Grip Strength With Risk of All-Cause Mortality, Cardiovascular Diseases, and Cancer in Community-Dwelling Populations: A Meta-analysis of Prospective Cohort Studies

(2017) Yili Wu et al.   Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Skeletal Muscle Power Measurement in Older People: A Systematic Review of Testing Protocols and Adverse Events

(2017) Julian Alcazar et al.   JOURNALS OF GERONTOLOGY SERIES A-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES AND MEDICAL SCIENCES

Modified 30-second Sit to Stand test predicts falls in a cohort of institutionalized older veterans

(2017) Eva V. Applebaum et al.   PLoS One

Short Physical Performance Battery and all-cause mortality: systematic review and meta-analysis

(2016) Rita Pavasini et al.   BMC Medicine

Grip strength measurement: Towards a standardized approach in sarcopenia research and practice

(2016) L.A. Schaap et al.   European Geriatric Medicine

Assessment of muscle mass, muscle strength and physical performance in clinical practice: An international survey

(2016) O. Bruyère et al.   European Geriatric Medicine

Sarcopenia in daily practice: assessment and management

(2016) Charlotte Beaudart et al.   BMC Geriatrics

Reliability of the 50-foot walk test and 30-sec chair stand test in total knee arthroplasty

(2015) Bayram Unver et al.   Acta Ortopedica Brasileira

Prognostic value of grip strength: findings from the Prospective Urban Rural Epidemiology (PURE) study

(2015) Darryl P Leong et al.   LANCET

The timed up and go test and 30 second Chair-Stand Test are reliable for hospitalized patients with stroke

(2015) K. Lyders Johansen et al.   Physiotherapy

Inter-rater reliability of the Berg Balance Scale, 30 s chair stand test and 6 m walking test, and construct validity of the Berg Balance Scale in nursing home residents with mild-to-moderate dementia

(2015) Elisabeth Wiken Telenius et al.   BMJ Open

Prevention and optimal management of sarcopenia: a review of combined exercise and nutrition interventions to improve muscle outcomes in older people

(2015) Siân Robinson et al.   Clinical Interventions in Aging

Feasibility and Inter-Rater Reliability of Physical Performance Measures in Acutely Admitted Older Medical Patients

(2015) Ann Christine Bodilsen et al.   PLoS One

Diagnostic test accuracy of simple instruments for identifying frailty in community-dwelling older people: a systematic review

(2014) A. Clegg et al.   AGE AND AGEING

The FNIH Sarcopenia Project: Rationale, Study Description, Conference Recommendations, and Final Estimates

(2014) Stephanie A. Studenski et al.   JOURNALS OF GERONTOLOGY SERIES A-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES AND MEDICAL SCIENCES

Grip Strength across the Life Course: Normative Data from Twelve British Studies

(2014) Richard M. Dodds et al.   PLoS One

Tools in the Assessment of Sarcopenia

(2013) C. Cooper et al.   CALCIFIED TISSUE INTERNATIONAL

Longitudinal decline of lower extremity muscle power in healthy and mobility-limited older adults: influence of muscle mass, strength, composition, neuromuscular activation and single fiber contractile properties

(2013) Kieran F. Reid et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSIOLOGY

Measuring Gait Speed in the Out-Patient Clinic: Methodology and Feasibility

(2013) C. Karpman et al.   Respiratory Care

Reliability and validity of 4-metre gait speed in COPD

(2012) Samantha S.C. Kon et al.   EUROPEAN RESPIRATORY JOURNAL

Validity and Reliability of Tools to Measure Muscle Mass, Strength, and Physical Performance in Community-Dwelling Older People: A Systematic Review

(2012) Donja M. Mijnarends et al.   Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Grip and Knee extension muscle strength reflect a common construct among adults

(2012) Richard W. Bohannon et al.   MUSCLE & NERVE

Reliability of Six Physical Performance Tests in Older People With Dementia

(2012) C. G. Blankevoort et al.   PHYSICAL THERAPY

Assessing the Reliability and Validity of a Shorter Walk Test Compared With the 10-Meter Walk Test for Measurements of Gait Speed in Healthy, Older Adults

(2012) Denise M. Peters et al.   Journal of Geriatric Physical Therapy

Low handgrip strength is a predictor of osteoporotic fractures: cross-sectional and prospective evidence from the Hong Kong Osteoporosis Study

(2011) Ching-Lung Cheung et al.   AGE

A review of the measurement of grip strength in clinical and epidemiological studies: towards a standardised approach

(2011) Helen C. Roberts et al.   AGE AND AGEING

A Comparison of 3 Methodological Approaches to Defining Major Clinically Important Improvement of 4 Performance Measures in Patients With Hip Osteoarthritis

(2011) Alexis A. Wright et al.   JOURNAL OF ORTHOPAEDIC & SPORTS PHYSICAL THERAPY

Functional Outcomes for Clinical Trials in Frail Older Persons: Time To Be Moving: Working Group on Functional Outcome Measures for Clinical Trials

(2011)   JOURNALS OF GERONTOLOGY SERIES A-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES AND MEDICAL SCIENCES

Grip strength and lower limb extension power in 19-72-year-old Danish men and women: the Health2006 study

(2011) M. Aadahl et al.   BMJ Open

Sarcopenia: European consensus on definition and diagnosis: Report of the European Working Group on Sarcopenia in Older People

(2010) A. J. Cruz-Jentoft et al.   AGE AND AGEING

Grip Strength in Older Adults: Test-Retest Reliability and Cutoff for Subjective Weakness of Using the Hands in Heavy Tasks

(2010) Ching-Yi Wang et al.   ARCHIVES OF PHYSICAL MEDICINE AND REHABILITATION

Properties of the ‘Timed Up and Go’ Test: More than Meets the Eye

(2010) Talia Herman et al.   GERONTOLOGY

Increasing the Number of Steps Walked Each Day Improves Physical Fitness in Japanese Community-Dwelling Adults

(2010) N. Okamoto et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SPORTS MEDICINE

Gait speed at usual pace as a predictor of adverse outcomes in community-dwelling older people an International Academy on Nutrition and Aging (IANA) Task Force

(2010) Gabor Abellan Van Kan et al.   Journal of Nutrition Health & Aging

Hand-Grip Strength Cut Points to Screen Older Persons at Risk for Mobility Limitation

(2010) Janne Sallinen et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN GERIATRICS SOCIETY

Predictive Value of the Short Physical Performance Battery Following Hospitalization in Older Patients

(2010) S. Volpato et al.   JOURNALS OF GERONTOLOGY SERIES A-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES AND MEDICAL SCIENCES

Centella asiaticaImproves Physical Performance and Health-Related Quality of Life in Healthy Elderly Volunteer

(2009) Lugkana Mato et al.   Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Added Value of Physical Performance Measures in Predicting Adverse Health-Related Events: Results from the Health, Aging and Body Composition Study

(2009) Matteo Cesari et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN GERIATRICS SOCIETY

Use of the Short Physical Performance Battery Score to Predict Loss of Ability to Walk 400 Meters: Analysis From the InCHIANTI Study

(2009) S. Vasunilashorn et al.   JOURNALS OF GERONTOLOGY SERIES A-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES AND MEDICAL SCIENCES

Assessing walking speed in clinical research: a systematic review

(2008) James E. Graham et al.   JOURNAL OF EVALUATION IN CLINICAL PRACTICE