Cumulative handgrip strength and trajectories of depressive symptoms in older adults: evidence from two cohort studies
Reduced cumulative handgrip strength correlated with accelerated depressive symptom progression and increased depression incidence. Future interventional studies should further investigate if strength/muscular fitness can improve mental health, particularly in older adults.
Authors
- Mei Xiong (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1751-5583)
- Xue Yang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9775-5009)
- Jieru Peng (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2789-3019)
- Yang Gao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-7952-6660)
- Yachao Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8268-1935)
- Ke Guo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-5735-1333)
- Qingping Xue (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6166-2313)
Institutions
- University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (CN)
- Chengdu Medical College (CN)
- Chengdu Women's and Children's Central Hospital (CN)
- First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University (CN)
- Tibet Autonomous Region People's Hospital (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Public Health
- Published
- 2025-10-10
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-025-24223-9
- Primary Topic
- Nutrition and Health in Aging
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Chengdu Medical College
- National Natural Science Foundation of China