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Diagnostic accuracy of the five times stand-to-sit test for the screening of global muscle weakness in community-dwelling older women

Experimental Gerontology, 2023
Background: Although the 5 times stand-to-sit test (5TSST) is indicated for screening for muscle weakness in older adults, its validity is based only on the correlation with quadriceps muscle strength or with the muscle strength of a few muscle groups of
Jaqueline Mello Porto, Melise Jacon Peres-Ueno, Roberta de Matos Brunelli Braghin, Gabriela Martins Scudilio, Daniela Cristina Carvalho de Abreu   +4 more
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Associations of muscle mass, strength, and quality with all-cause mortality in China: a population-based cohort study

Chinese Medical Journal, 2022
. Background. It remains unclear about the association of muscle mass, strength, and quality with death in the general Chinese population of diverse economical and geographical backgrounds.
Man Wu, Yuxia Wei, Jun Lv, Yu Guo, Pei Pei, Jiachen Li, Huaidong Du, Ling Yang, Yiping Chen, Xiaohui Sun, Hua Zhang, Junshi Chen, Zhengming Chen, Canqing Yu, Liming Li, on behalf of the China Kadoorie Biobank Collaborative Group, Jing Ni   +16 more
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Muscle Wasting among Hospitalized Children: A Narrative Review of the Feasibility and Accuracy of Diagnostic Methods

Children, 2023
Muscle wasting is associated with a worse quality of life and increased morbidity and mortality among hospitalized children, especially those with chronic diseases.
Sheikha AlQahtani, Dara Aldisi
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Muscle fatique and muscle damage in strength training

Physical Education of Students, 2022
Background and Study Aim. The aim of this study is to investigate the effects of different types of contractions on muscle damage and muscle fatigue in sedentary individuals. Material and Methods. Thirty healthy male sedentary individuals participated
Veysel Böge, Süleyman Patlar
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Does longer-muscle length resistance training cause greater longitudinal growth in humans? A systematic review

Sports Medicine and Health Science
Background: This paper aimed to systematically review the literature regarding the effects of resistance training (RT) performed at longer-muscle length (LML) versus shorter-muscle length (SML) on proxy measurements for longitudinal hypertrophy. Methods:
Milo Wolf, Patroklos Androulakis Korakakis, Michael D. Roberts, Daniel L. Plotkin, Martino V. Franchi, Bret Contreras, Menno Henselmans, Stian Larsen, Brad J. Schoenfeld   +8 more
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Association between Muscle Mass and Muscle Strength with Physical Performance in Elderly in Surabaya

Surabaya Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Journal, 2020
Background: Sarcopenia is a decrease in muscle mass and strength that mostly happens in the elderly. Sarcopenia is a problem that is often found in the elderly who are at risk of disability, hospitalization and death.
Titin Kristiana, Rwahita Satyawati, Novira Widajanti   +2 more
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The association between muscle strength and executive function in children and adolescents: Based on survey evidence in rural areas of China

Frontiers in Psychology, 2023
BackgroundIn recent years, muscle strength in children and adolescents has continued to decline, especially in rural areas. Executive function as a higher function of the brain, is closely related to the future achievement of children and adolescents ...
Qiang Zeng, Xin Hu, Yujie Wang
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Muscle mass and intramuscular fat of the quadriceps are related to muscle strength in non-ambulatory chronic stroke survivors: A cross-sectional study. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2018
OBJECTIVE:Improving muscle mass and intramuscular fat in the mid-thigh increases the muscle strength of the paretic and non-paretic limbs in ambulatory chronic stroke survivors.
Naoki Akazawa, Kazuhiro Harada, Naomi Okawa, Kimiyuki Tamura, Hideki Moriyama   +4 more
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Effect of peripheral muscle fatigue during the testing of handgrip strength

Fisioterapia em Movimento
Introduction Muscle fatigue is a phenomenon associated with physical work. It is common in endurance sports, physical fitness tests and daily activities.
Alex de Andrade Fernandes, Ciro José Brito, Breno Cesar Vieira, João Carlos Bouzas Marins   +3 more
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Association of dietary and lifestyle inflammation scores with muscle strength and muscle endurance among Tehranian adults

Scientific Reports, 2022
Diet and lifestyle as modifiable factors play an effective role in muscle strength and muscle endurance. In addition, inflammatory reactions may have an association with the etiology of a a lower muscle strength and muscle endurance.
Elaheh Asgari, Kurosh Djafarian, Sakineh Shab-Bidar   +2 more
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