Respiratory sarcopenia is a predictor of all-cause mortality in community-dwelling older adults-The Otassha Study

Takeshi Kera; Hisashi Kawai; Manami Ejiri; Kumiko Ito; Hirohiko Hirano; Yoshinori Fujiwara; Kazushige Ihara; Shuichi Obuchi

doi:10.1002/jcsm.13266

Respiratory sarcopenia is a predictor of all-cause mortality in community-dwelling older adults-The Otassha Study

J Cachexia Sarcopenia Muscle. 2023 Aug;14(4):1894-1899. doi: 10.1002/jcsm.13266. Epub 2023 Jun 14.

Authors

Takeshi Kera^{1

2}, Hisashi Kawai², Manami Ejiri², Kumiko Ito², Hirohiko Hirano³, Yoshinori Fujiwara⁴, Kazushige Ihara⁵, Shuichi Obuchi²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Physical Therapy, Faculty of Health Care, Takasaki University of Health and Welfare, Takasaki, Japan.
² Research Team for Human Care, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute for Geriatrics and Gerontology, Tokyo, Japan.
³ Research Team for Promoting Independence and Mental Health, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute for Geriatrics and Gerontology, Tokyo, Japan.
⁴ Tokyo Metropolitan Institute for Geriatrics and Gerontology, Tokyo, Japan.
⁵ Department of Social Medicine, Hirosaki University School of Medicine, Aomori, Japan.

No abstract available

Keywords: Community-dwelling older adults; Forced vital capacity; Mortality; Peak expiratory flow rate; Respiratory muscle strength; Respiratory sarcopenia.

Publication types

Letter
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Aged
Hand Strength
Humans
Independent Living
Muscle Strength
Sarcopenia* / epidemiology