Comment on ‘Muscle-specific strength better predicts physical performance decline than conventional metrics: The I-Lan longitudinal aging study’ by Chien et al.

Authors/Creators

• Ricardo M. Lima
• Anthony J. Blazevich, Edith Cowan UniversityFollow

Author Identifier (ORCID)

Anthony  J. Blazevich: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1664-1614

Keywords

Muscle-specific strength, handgrip strength, sarcopenic obesity, muscle quality, older adults, functional decline

Document Type

Letter to the Editor

Date of Publication

2-1-2026

Volume

17

Issue

1

PubMed ID

41582087

Publication Title

Journal of Cachexia Sarcopenia and Muscle

Publisher

Wiley

School

Centre for Human Performance / School of Medical and Health Sciences

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Comments

Lima, R. M., & Blazevich, A. J. (2026). Comment on ‘Muscle-specific strength better predicts physical performance decline than conventional metrics: The I-Lan longitudinal aging study’ by Chien et al. Journal of Cachexia Sarcopenia and Muscle, 17(1), e70194. https://doi.org/10.1002/jcsm.70194