Associations of Lower Extremity Muscle Strength, Area, and Specific Force With Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms in Older Men: The Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging.
Marvin E LangstonPeggy M CawthonKaiwei LuRebecca ScherzerJohn C NewmanKenneth CovinskyLuigi FerruciEleanor M SimonsickScott R BauerPublished in: The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences (2024)
Cross-sectionally, higher thigh muscle strength and specific force were associated with decreased LUTS severity in older men. However, we did not observe concurrent worsening LUTS severity with declining thigh muscle strength, area, or specific force in longitudinal analyses.