“Chair stand testˮ as simple tool for sarcopenia screening in elderly women

Pinheiro, Paloma Andrade; Carneiro, José Ailton Oliveira; Coqueiro, Raildo Silva; Pereira, Raíssa Antunes; Fernandes, Marcos Henrique

doi:10.1007/s12603-015-0621-x

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“…Another possibility is that patients have cachexia early in the course of disease, and muscle wasting reaches its defining cut-off point later. Screening tools such as questionnaires [35][36][37] or easily applicable investigational tools such as handgrip dynamometers might help to diagnose patients with suspected sarcopenia, who then are followed up with use of sophisticated diagnostic tools such as dual energy X-ray absorptiometry (DEXA), MRI, or CT for establishing the correct diagnosis. Less advanced tools include bioimpedance analysis (BIA).…”

Section: Skeletal Muscle Wastingmentioning

confidence: 99%

Muscle wasting and cachexia in heart failure: mechanisms and therapies

et al. 2017

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Body wasting is a serious complication that affects a large proportion of patients with heart failure. Muscle wasting, also known as sarcopenia, is the loss of muscle mass and strength, whereas cachexia describes loss of weight. After reaching guideline-recommended doses of heart failure therapies, the most promising approach to treating body wasting seems to be combined therapy that includes exercise, nutritional counselling, and drug treatment. Nutritional considerations include avoiding excessive salt and fluid intake, and replenishment of deficiencies in trace elements. Administration of omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids is beneficial in selected patients. High-calorific nutritional supplements can also be useful. The prescription of aerobic exercise training that provokes mild or moderate breathlessness has good scientific support. Drugs with potential benefit in the treatment of body wasting that have been tested in clinical studies in patients with heart failure include testosterone, ghrelin, recombinant human growth hormone, essential amino acids, and β-adrenergic receptor agonists. In this Review, we summarize the pathophysiological mechanisms of muscle wasting and cachexia in heart failure, and highlight the potential treatment strategies. We aim to provide clinicians with the relevant information on body wasting to understand and treat these conditions in patients with heart failure.

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Section: Skeletal Muscle Wastingmentioning

confidence: 99%

Muscle wasting and cachexia in heart failure: mechanisms and therapies

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“…In taking the test, the participants were instructed to rise from a chair (which was 46 centimeters high and armless) to a full standing position and then return to a seated position as quickly as possible for ve repetitions. Each participant performed the test two times [20,21]. The best performance in terms of the total time taken for all ve repetitions (that is, the shortest time) was used for our analysis.…”

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Is achieving 7,000 steps/day associated with older adults’ lower-extremity performance? Cross-sectional and prospective findings from Taiwan

Hsueh¹,

Lin²,

Lai³

et al. 2020

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Background: Evidence regarding the association between daily steps recommendation and older adults’ lower limb strength is lacking; thus, this study investigated whether taking at least 7,000 steps/day is cross-sectionally and prospectively related to lower-extremity performance in older Taiwanese adults. 89 community-dwelling adults aged over 60 years (mean age: 69.5 years) who attended both baseline and follow-up surveys. Methods: This study used adjusted logistic regression analysis to explore cross-sectional and prospective relationships between their accelerometer-assessed daily steps and lower-extremity performance (five-times-sit-to-stand test). Results: This study found the older adults who took 7,000 steps/day were more likely to have better lower-extremity performance cross-sectionally (odds ratio [OR] = 3.82; 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.04, 13.95; p = 0.04), as well as to maintain or increase their lower-extremity performance prospectively (OR=3.53; 95% CI: 1.05, 11.84; p = 0.04). Conclusions: Our findings support a minimum recommended level of step-based physical activity for older adults, namely, 7,000 steps/day, as beneficial for maintaining or increasing older adults’ lower-extremity performance.

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“…The Chair stand test was used to assess the lower extremities strength/endurance. During the test, the volunteers were instructed to cross their arms over their chest, and stand up and sit down five times from a chair as fast as possible, with time being measured in seconds 14 . Volunteers that completed the task in >60 seconds were considered incapable of performing the task and were excluded from statistical analysis.…”

Section: Lower Limb Strengthmentioning

confidence: 99%

Lower limb strength, but not sensorial integration, explains the age-associated postural control impairment

Andrade

Costa

Pirôpo

et al. 2019

Muscle Ligaments and Tendons J

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Introduction:The aging process leads to functional decline of sensorial organs, muscle mass and strength, as well as the sensorimotor integration, culminating in age-associated postural control impairments. The purpose of this study was to compare the balance, the sensorial integration process and the lower limb strength among three old aged groups. Methods: Eighty-one community-dwelling healthy old people (58% women), assigned into three age groups [60-69 years (n=30), 70-79 years (n=40), and ≥80 years (n=11)], participated in this study. All participants were submitted to anthropometric and stabilometric evaluation, and carried out a Chair stand test. Stabilometric parameters obtained from time [amplitude displacement of center of pressure (CoP)] and frequency (oscillations of CoP at sub 0.3 Hz and 1-3 Hz bands) domain analysis were used as the indicators of balance performance and sensorial integration, respectively. Results: Our results revealed that the CoP amplitude displacement was significantly greater in the older aged group, without differences in spectral bands, while the performance in the Chair stand test was smaller in the older aged group. Conclusion: These data indicate that the age-associated postural control impairment is explained by the lower limb strength declines, but not by the age-associated changes in sensorial integration. Level of evidence: III.

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“Chair stand testˮ as simple tool for sarcopenia screening in elderly women

Abstract: The performance of "chair stand test" showed predictive ability for sarcopenia, being an effective and simple screening tool for sarcopenia in elderly women. This test could be used for screening sarcopenic elderly women, allowing early interventions.

Cited by 22 publications

References 15 publications

Muscle wasting and cachexia in heart failure: mechanisms and therapies

Muscle wasting and cachexia in heart failure: mechanisms and therapies

Is achieving 7,000 steps/day associated with older adults’ lower-extremity performance? Cross-sectional and prospective findings from Taiwan

Lower limb strength, but not sensorial integration, explains the age-associated postural control impairment

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