Digital Interventions Boost Seniors' Strength, But Muscle Mass Gains Elusive

January 14, 2025
Digital Interventions Boost Seniors' Strength, But Muscle Mass Gains Elusive
  • Participants in the studies exhibited significant improvements in various physical performance metrics, including handgrip strength, walking speed, sit-to-stand performance, and chair stand tests.

  • While these interventions have demonstrated some effectiveness in enhancing physical functions, the overall certainty of the evidence remains low.

  • However, despite these improvements in physical performance, the interventions did not lead to significant changes in appendicular muscle mass.

  • This low quality of evidence underscores the necessity for additional randomized controlled trials to validate these findings and strengthen the conclusions.

  • A recent meta-analysis reviewed 13 randomized controlled trials, encompassing 742 participants, with studies drawn from MEDLINE, Web of Science, and the Cochrane Library up until the end of March 2023.

  • The analysis highlighted that digital-based interventions can be effective in preventing age-related health issues, particularly sarcopenia, among older adults.

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