Cross-Sectional Study on the Association Between Respiratory Muscle Strength and Dynapenic Abdominal Obesity in Community-Dwelling Older Adults.
Larissa do Nascimento PereiraMaycon Sousa PegorariLislei Jorge PatrizziIsabel Aparecida Porcatti de WalshCaroline de Fátima Ribeiro SilvaJuliana de Souza da SilvaAreolino Pena MatosAna Carolina Pereira Nunes PintoDaniela Gonçalves OharaPublished in: Clinical interventions in aging (2023)
Older adults with abdominal obesity, dynapenia, and DAO showed impaired maximal respiratory pressures. The results of the adjusted analysis indicate that inspiratory muscle strength may require greater attention by health professionals aiming at preventing respiratory complications and improving respiratory health care in older people with these conditions.