Digital Interventions Boost Seniors' Strength, But Muscle Mass Gains Elusive
January 14, 2025Participants 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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