The study ran several tests over time, including consistent tests on grip strength and quadriceps strength.
Results showed that strength and mortality did not depend upon illness. Rather, illness plagued those who weren’t as strong as others in the same age group.
Both strength tests proved that the weaker you were in strength, the closer you were to mortality (Newman, etc. 2006).
Another study was done on 1,280 men and women who were age 55 and older. The purpose of this study was to see if muscle mass, leg strength and fat mass were associated with physical function (Bouchard, Heroux & Janssen, 2011).
They determined that leg strength was the most important factor when it came to physical function and mortality.
In summary, this is the first randomized controlled trial demonstrating clear effects of moderate physical activity to prevent progressive muscle weakness in older adults. In addition, the significant age-associated increase in muscle fat infiltration was prevented with increased physical activity. This effect of physical activity on fat within muscle was depot specific; similar effects were not observed in subcutaneous adipose tissue. These data are the first to indicate specific effects of physical activity to prevent both further losses of muscle strength and increases in muscle fat infiltration in older age.
Importantly, after the researchers controlled for physical activity level, people who reported strength exercises appeared to see a greater mortality benefit than those who reported physical activity alone.
The study is strong evidence that strength training in older adults is beneficial beyond improving muscle strength and physical function, the researchers said.
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