Major Surgery Quietly Steals Muscle Within Days, Landmark Analysis Finds
A new systematic review and meta-analysis of 45 studies shows that major abdominal surgery triggers rapid, clinically significant muscle loss ...
Tag: handgrip strength
Fast Walkers May Escape the Cognitive Toll of Aging, Dementia Risk Study Finds
A study of 920 older adults at elevated dementia risk found that higher gait speed, grip strength and leg power ...
Weak Grip in Old Age May Start in the Brain, Not Just the Muscle
A biomimetic multi-finger dynamometer study finds that age-related grip weakness reflects neural coordination limits as much as muscle loss, with ...
A Simple Grip Test Reveals Hidden Frailty in Advanced Cancer Patients
A large Brazilian study of 527 palliative care patients found that older age and reduced Karnofsky performance status independently predict ...
Weak Grip and Excess Fat Together May Signal Early Cognitive Decline in Older Adults
A two-year Taiwanese cohort study using the new ESPEN–EASO consensus definition found that older adults with sarcopenic obesity—and a simpler ...
Exercise and Nutrition Show Modest Gains Against Frailty in Gastrointestinal Cancer Patients
A Bayesian network meta-analysis of 21 randomized trials finds that while prehabilitation exercise modestly improves handgrip strength and nutritional pathways ...
Simple Grip Test, Adjusted for Body Size, Predicts Falls in Older Adults
A large Chinese cohort study finds that handgrip strength adjusted for body mass index predicts fall risk in both older ...
Simple Blood Ratio Flags Muscle Loss Risk in Older Adults
A nationwide Chinese study finds that an elevated serum uric acid-to-creatinine ratio independently predicts sarcopenia risk under AWGS 2025 criteria, ...
For Frail Older Adults, Aerobic Fitness May Beat Muscle Strength in Protecting the Brain
A large Hong Kong study of 4,477 prefrail and frail older adults finds that cardiorespiratory fitness is more strongly and ...
Muscle Mass and Sarcopenia Emerge as Powerful Predictors of Survival in ALS
A Spanish cohort study finds that low appendicular skeletal muscle mass and sarcopenia independently predict mortality in ALS, with sarcopenia ...
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Mothers who receive childcare support from maternal grandparents show more parental warmth, finds NTU Singapore study
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University of Seville Breaks 120-Year-Old Mystery, Revises a Key Einstein Concept
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Bee body mass, pathogens and local climate influence heat tolerance
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Researchers record first-ever images and data of a shark experiencing a boat strike
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Groundbreaking Clinical Trial Reveals Lubiprostone Enhances Kidney Function
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