Chair sit-to-stand performance is associated with diagnostic features of sarcopenia in older men and women

Yoshiko, Akito; Ogawa, Madoka; Shimizu, Kaori; Radaelli, Régis; Neske, Rodrigo; Maeda, Hisashi; Maeda, Kazuyuki; Teodoro, Juliana Lopes; Tanaka, Noriko; Pinto, Ronei Silveira; Akima, Hiroshi

doi:10.1016/j.archger.2021.104463

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“…While less well studied than balance and GS, being able to rise from a chair is one of the basic movements in everyday life. The chair-stand test reflects muscle size, strength, and power, in addition to visual contrast sensibility, lower limb proprioception, and peripheral tactile sensitivity [45,46]. While we identified a large amount of inter-individual variability, our patients' average chair-stand time at the initiation of chemotherapy (13.4 s) was poorer than an agematched normative population (10.9 s, t = 4.9, p < 0.01) [14].…”

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Characteristics associated with decrements in objective measures of physical function in older patients with cancer during chemotherapy

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Miaskowski

Løyland

et al. 2022

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Purpose Study purposes were to evaluate for inter-individual variability in the trajectories of three objective measures of physical function (PF) in older patients receiving chemotherapy (n = 112) and determine which characteristics were associated with worse PF. Methods Balance, gait speed, and chair-stand test were evaluated at initiation and 1, 3, 6, 9, and 12 months following chemotherapy. Hierarchical linear modeling was used to assess inter-individual variability in the trajectories of the three tests. Demographic, clinical, and symptom characteristics, and levels of cognitive function associated with initial levels and changes over time in each of the tests were determined. Results Gait speed and chair-stand tests improved over time. Balance declined until month 6, then increased. Characteristics associated with decreases in balance scores at initiation of chemotherapy were lower level of education and lower Karnofsky Performance Status (KPS) score. For initial levels of poorer gait speed, older age, poorer Trail Making Test B (TMTB), and worse Attentional Function Index scores were the associated characteristics. Lower KPS scores, higher body mass index, and poorer TMTB scores were associated with poorer chair-stand times at initiation of chemotherapy. Worse trajectories of chair-stand times were associated with poorer chair-stand time at enrollment. Characteristic associated with lower initial levels and improved trajectories of balance was older age at enrollment. Conclusions Determination of characteristics associated with decrements in balance, gait speed, and chair-stand can assist clinicians to identify older oncology patients at risk for decrements in PF. Interventions to maintain and improve PF need to be implemented with higher risk patients.

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Characteristics associated with decrements in objective measures of physical function in older patients with cancer during chemotherapy

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“… 39 This makes early detection of muscle strength loss necessary to ensure correct management of the disease and of its consequences. 39 Within the difficulty in the detection of sarcopenia, STS has been shown to be useful as a technique for assessing lower limb strength, 40 mainly in the older population, with greater sensitivity in the early detection of cases than other common methods such as the handgrip strength. 41 Among the alternatives to the STS test, 29 it is necessary to highlight the usefulness of 30s-STS power test as the method with the highest correlation with physical performance in older people and in particular the novelty obtained in the results of our study, with the allometric STS power as indicator of chest muscle thickness.…”

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30 s sit-to-stand power is positively associated with chest muscle thickness in COVID-19 survivors

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Introduction After hospitalization, early detection of musculoskeletal sequelae might help healthcare professionals to improve and individualize treatment, accelerating recovery after COVID-19. The objective was to determine the association between the 30s sit-to-stand muscle power (30s-STS) and cross-sectional area of the chest muscles (pectoralis) in COVID-19 survivors. Method This cross-sectional study collected routine data from COVID-19 survivors one month after hospitalization: 1) a chest computed tomography (CT) scan and 2) a functional capacity test (30s-STS). The pectoralis muscle area (PMA) was measured from axial CT images. For each gender, patients were categorized into tertiles based on PMA. The 30s-STS was performed to determine the leg extension power. The allometric and relative STS power were calculated as absolute 30s-STS power normalized to height squared and body mass. The two-way ANOVA was used to compare the gender-stratified tertiles of 30s-STS power variants. Results Fifty-eight COVID-19 survivors were included (mean age 61.2 ± 12.9 years, 30/28 (51.7%/48.3%) men/women). The two-way ANOVA showed significant differences between the PMA tertiles in absolute STS power ( p = .002) and allometric STS power ( p = .001). There were no significant gender x PMA tertile interactions (all variables p > .05). The high tertile of PMA showed a higher allometric STS power compared to the low and middle tertile, p = .002 and p = .004, respectively. Absolute STS power and allometric STS power had a moderate correlation with the PMA, r = 0.519 ( p < .001) and r = 0.458 ( p < .001) respectively. Conclusion The 30s-STS power is associated with pectoralis muscle thickness in both male and female COVID-19 survivors. Thus, this test may indicate global muscle-wasting and may be used as a screening tool for lower extremity functional capacity in the early stages of rehabilitation planning in COVID-19 survivors.

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“…Indeed, it is expected that MT are important to the older men to similar level as it is to the women despite well-established differences in intramuscular fat and function. Earlier study with seniors have documented a moderate correlation between sit to stand test and quadriceps thickness, but not for EI in both 37 men and 43 women [ 51 ]. The correlation between rectus femoris thickness and fast gait speed was also found in 42 normal and overweight older men [ 52 ].…”

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Associations between Muscle-Tendon Morphology and Functional Movements Capacity, Flexibility, and Balance in Older Women

Muanjai

Namsawang

Satkunskienė

et al. 2022

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Loss of functional movement capacity in older adults is related to adverse changes in musculotendinous morphology, but this relationship is poorly understood. This study examined the associations between musculotendinous morphology and functional movements, flexibility, and balance ability. Ninety-nine older women (66.6 ± 4.6 years, body mass index 23.5 ± 3.3 kg∙m–2) were recruited from Chonburi Province, Thailand. During one 90-min visit, muscle ultrasound imaging of vastus lateralis, biceps femoris, and medial gastrocnemius muscles, and tendon ultrasonography of the Achilles tendon and patellar tendon were performed. Measures were also obtained for the straight leg raise, passive dorsiflexion, balance, and functional tests (Five Times Sit to Stand (5TSTS), Timed Up and Go (TUG), 10-Meter Fast Walk Test (10-MFWT), and 6-Minute Walk Test (6-MWT)). The results specify that functional movement performance correlates most strongly with medial gastrocnemius muscle thickness (5TSTS (r = −0.26), TUG (r = −0.44), 10-MFWT (r = 0.41), and 6-MWT (r = 0.48) all p < 0.05) and that vastus lateralis muscle thickness and medial gastrocnemius muscle thickness correlate positively with balance ability (r = 0.24, 0.34; p < 0.05) and negatively with fear of falling. It appears that muscle mass, rather than other morphological parameters, such as muscle quality or fascicle length, is the main factor affecting the susceptibility of older women to frailty.

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Chair sit-to-stand performance is associated with diagnostic features of sarcopenia in older men and women

Cited by 23 publications

References 36 publications

Characteristics associated with decrements in objective measures of physical function in older patients with cancer during chemotherapy

Characteristics associated with decrements in objective measures of physical function in older patients with cancer during chemotherapy

30 s sit-to-stand power is positively associated with chest muscle thickness in COVID-19 survivors

Associations between Muscle-Tendon Morphology and Functional Movements Capacity, Flexibility, and Balance in Older Women

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