Diagnostic accuracy of sit-to-stand chair test and timed up and go test with proposed cutoff point for identifying sarcopenia in community-dwelling older women: a cross-sectional study
These results demonstrate that cutoff points for screening or diagnosing sarcopenia using the TUG differ substantially between populations and provide an alternative that may be useful for assessing sarcopenia in community-dwelling older women.
Authors
- Leonardo Teixeira (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0962-0412)
- Luana Aparecida Soares (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7872-7109)
- VANESSA AMARAL MENDONÇA
- Liliana Pereira Lima (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6839-4363)
- Pedro Henrique Scheidt Figueiredo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6748-3081)
- Maria Antonia Oakim Mourão
- Juliana Nogueira Pontes Nobre (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9876-1136)
- Ana Cristina Rodrigues Lacerda (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5366-3754)
- Adriana Netto Parentoni
- Maria Clara de Moura Oliveira
- Henrique Silveira Costa
Institutions
- Universidade Federal da Bahia (BR)
- Universidade Federal dos Vales do Jequitinhonha e Mucuri (BR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders
- Published
- 2026-01-08
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12891-025-09470-6
- Primary Topic
- Nutrition and Health in Aging
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00