Session Information
Session Title: AA 2021 Virtual Posters - General Rehabilitation
Session Time: None. Available on demand.
Disclosures: Jae Hwal Rim, MD: No financial relationships or conflicts of interest
Objective: To evaluate the relationship between several measures of sarcopenia and incidence of falls in elderly.
Design: The study was a 2-year prospective observational study.Setting : A total of 2252 subjects (1065 males; 1187 females; 70-84years) were recruited. Demographic information, comorbidities and history of falls within 1 year were assessed. Cognitive performance was assessed using the Korean version of Mini Mental State Examination (K-MMSE) and muscle mass was measured via dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry. Grip strength and gait speed also measured at baseline and 2-year follow-up..Participants : A total of 2252 subjects (1065 males; 1187 females; 70-84years) were recruited.
Interventions: Cognitive performance was assessed using the Korean version of Mini Mental State Examination (K-MMSE) and muscle mass was measured via dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry. Grip strength and gait speed also measured at baseline and 2-year follow-up..
Main Outcome Measures: Subjects who had fallen during follow-up period showed poor hand grip strength and poor gait speed compared with those who had not. In females, the muscle mass index of body mass index (BMI) adjustment were significantly associated with incidence of falls.
Results: History of previous falls and poor cognitive performance at baseline were significantly associated with incidence of falls during follow-up period. Subjects who had fallen during follow-up period showed poor hand grip strength and poor gait speed compared with those who had not. In females, the muscle mass index of body mass index (BMI) adjustment were significantly associated with incidence of falls. Multiple logistic regression analysis revealed that poor gait speed was a significant risk factor of falling.Conclusions: The predictive value of individual measures of sarcopenia vary by genders. Poor physical performance was significantly associated with incidence of falls in female, but there was no significant associations between muscle mass indices, strength, and physical performance and falling in males.
Level of Evidence: Level I
To cite this abstract in AMA style:
Rim JH, Kim W, Seo KC, Lee SH. Association of Different Muscle Mass Indices, Strength, and Physical Performance with Falling in Elderly: Results from the Korean Frailty and Aging Cohort Study [abstract]. PM R. 2021; 13(S1)(suppl 1). https://pmrjabstracts.org/abstract/association-of-different-muscle-mass-indices-strength-and-physical-performance-with-falling-in-elderly-results-from-the-korean-frailty-and-aging-cohort-study/. Accessed May 21, 2025.« Back to AAPM&R Annual Assembly 2021
PM&R Meeting Abstracts - https://pmrjabstracts.org/abstract/association-of-different-muscle-mass-indices-strength-and-physical-performance-with-falling-in-elderly-results-from-the-korean-frailty-and-aging-cohort-study/