"Dynapenia" names age-related strength loss that muscle loss does not explain
What is dynapenia?
The finding
The authors propose the term dynapenia for age-related loss of strength, and argue that neural and contractile causes matter beyond the loss of muscle mass.
- Authors
- Clark BC, Manini TM
- Published
- Journals of Gerontology A 63(8):829–34 · 2008
- Evidence
- Taken from a review, reprint or summary; not checked line by line.
- Source
- doi.org/10.1093/gerona/63.8.829
How it was studied
Perspective article: an argument, not new data.
What it does not show
An opinion piece. Useful for the term, not for numbers.
What Longstanding does with it
We use the idea, not a figure from it: strength is measured directly in four of the ten tests.