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Bullo V, Roma E, Gobbo S, Duregon F, Bergamo M, Bianchini G, Doria E, Cugusi L, di Blasio A, Bocalini DS, Ermolao A, Bergamin M. Lower Limb Strength Profile in Elderly with Different Pathologies: Comparisons with Healthy Subjects. Geriatrics (Basel) 2020; 5:geriatrics5040083. [PMID: 33105620 PMCID: PMC7709664 DOI: 10.3390/geriatrics5040083] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2020] [Revised: 10/12/2020] [Accepted: 10/19/2020] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
Abstract
Sarcopenia and muscle strength reduction are a frequent disorder in non-communicable chronic diseases. The aims of this study are: (a) to verify if the absolute and relative to body weight muscle strength of lower limb is affected by the presence of pathology; (b) to verify if the trends are different among knee and ankles joints. One-hundred and forty-five elderly were recruited (16 liver transplant recipients, 48 kidney transplant recipients, 52 elderly with obesity, 30 healthy elderly). Muscular strength of lower limb was evaluated. Evaluation protocol included maximal isometric knee extension, maximal isokinetic knee extension and flexion, maximal isokinetic ankle (both right and left) extension and flexion. A statistically significant interaction between measurement and group membership was found for absolute strength measure (F (4.23, 170.56) = 3.316, p = 0.011, partial η2 (η2p) = 0.076), and relative strength measure(F (4.44, 174.72) = 16.407, p < 0.01, partial η2 (η2p) = 0.294). Elderly patients living with kidney transplants showed the lower level of absolute muscular strength, while relative muscular strength is mainly lacking in the elderly with obesity. The strength profile of elderly subjects is affected by obesity, liver transplantation, and kidney transplantation.
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Affiliation(s)
- Valentina Bullo
- Sport and Exercise Medicine Division, Department of Medicine, University of Padova, Via Giustiniani, 2-35128 Padova, Italy; (V.B.); (E.R.); (F.D.); (M.B.); (A.E.); (M.B.)
| | - Enrico Roma
- Sport and Exercise Medicine Division, Department of Medicine, University of Padova, Via Giustiniani, 2-35128 Padova, Italy; (V.B.); (E.R.); (F.D.); (M.B.); (A.E.); (M.B.)
| | - Stefano Gobbo
- Sport and Exercise Medicine Division, Department of Medicine, University of Padova, Via Giustiniani, 2-35128 Padova, Italy; (V.B.); (E.R.); (F.D.); (M.B.); (A.E.); (M.B.)
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +39-049-8277455
| | - Federica Duregon
- Sport and Exercise Medicine Division, Department of Medicine, University of Padova, Via Giustiniani, 2-35128 Padova, Italy; (V.B.); (E.R.); (F.D.); (M.B.); (A.E.); (M.B.)
| | - Manuele Bergamo
- Sport and Exercise Medicine Division, Department of Medicine, University of Padova, Via Giustiniani, 2-35128 Padova, Italy; (V.B.); (E.R.); (F.D.); (M.B.); (A.E.); (M.B.)
| | - Gioia Bianchini
- GymHub S.r.l., Spin-off of the University of Padova, Via O. Galante 67/a, 35129 Padova, Italy; (G.B.); (E.D.)
| | - Eleonora Doria
- GymHub S.r.l., Spin-off of the University of Padova, Via O. Galante 67/a, 35129 Padova, Italy; (G.B.); (E.D.)
| | - Lucia Cugusi
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Sassari, 07100 Sassari, Italy;
| | - Andrea di Blasio
- Department of Medicine and Sciences of Aging, G. d’Annunzio University of Chieti-Pescara, Via dei Vestini, 31-66100 Chieti, Italy;
| | - Danilo Sales Bocalini
- Laboratorio de Fisiologia e Bioquimica Experimental, Centro de Educacao Fisica e Deportos, Universidade Federal do Espirito Santo (UFES), Vitoria, ES, Rua Vergueiro, 235, Liberdade, Sao Paulo, SP 01504-00, Brazil;
| | - Andrea Ermolao
- Sport and Exercise Medicine Division, Department of Medicine, University of Padova, Via Giustiniani, 2-35128 Padova, Italy; (V.B.); (E.R.); (F.D.); (M.B.); (A.E.); (M.B.)
| | - Marco Bergamin
- Sport and Exercise Medicine Division, Department of Medicine, University of Padova, Via Giustiniani, 2-35128 Padova, Italy; (V.B.); (E.R.); (F.D.); (M.B.); (A.E.); (M.B.)
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