OBJECTIVES: To examine the association between muscle strength and total and cause‐specific
mortality and the plausible contributing factors to this association, such as presence of …

OBJECTIVE: In older people, mobility impairments and physical inactivity are risk factors for
further disability and death. We studied the interaction of physical activity and mobility …

ContextPoor muscle strength, functional limitations, and disability often coexist, but whether
muscle strength during midlife predicts old age functional ability is not known.ObjectiveTo …

Objective: To study associations of motor disability, physical activity, and muscle strength in
older women, in particular to investigate whether model of spiraling decrease is expressed in …

Background. This study examines, in initially nondisabled older persons, the impact of
reduced lower extremity performance on subsequent hospitalizations. Methods. A 4-year …

Sarcopenia, the reduction of muscle mass and strength that occurs with aging, is widely
considered one of the major causes of disability in older persons. Surprisingly, criteria that may …

… The mortality risk associated with obesity coupled with poor strength was studied by
Rantanen et al. [96] who examined handgrip strength and BMI as predictors of 30-year all-cause …

… D Pathirana, AD Ormerod, P Saiag, C Smith, PI Spuls, A Nast, J Barker, JD Bos, GR
Burmester, S Chimenti, L Dubertret, B Eberlein, R Erdmann, J Ferguson, G Girolomoni, P …

Background. Muscle weakness, low body weight, and chronic diseases are often observed
in the same people; however, the association of muscle strength with mortality, independent …

Pulmonary function measures are heritable traits that predict morbidity and mortality and
define chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). We tested genome-wide association …