Sarcopenia: hand grip dynamometers the latest addition to the doctor’s bag

摘要

The debate article highlights the importance of identifying sarcopenia, and the impact it has on reducing ‘physical performance’.1 It is also worth identifying that skeletal muscle is a ‘metabolic organ’, and that many of the associated adverse health outcomes may be potentiated by an endocrine mechanism. In order to screen for this, we propose the use of hand grip strength as a clinically relevant screening tool in general practice.