Skeletal Muscle Power: A Critical Determinant of Physical Functioning In Older Adults

By K. Reid, R. Fielding. Exercise and sport sciences reviews, 2012

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Muscle power declines earlier and more precipitously with advancing age compared with muscle strength. Peak muscle power also has emerged as an important predictor of functional limitations in older adults. Our current working hypothesis is focused on examining lower extremity muscle power as a more discriminant variable for understanding the relationships between impairments, functional limitations, and resultant disability with aging.

Subfields: Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation, Physiology, Psychiatry and Mental health

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Citations in the corpus

• International Exercise Recommendations in Older Adults (ICFSR): Expert Consensus Guidelines (2021, positive): “Muscle power output and rate of force development are strongly associated with older persons’ capacity to perform activities of daily living (83-85).”
• Skeletal muscle performance and ageing (2017, neutral): “cal performance, potentially leading to functional disability and institutionalization.(18)”