Peer Review Analysis: Relative Handgrip Strength to Identify Children At Risk of Sarcopenic Obesity. Using relative handgrip strength to identify children at risk of sarcopenic obesity

Michal Steffl, Jan Chrudimsky, James J. Tufano

A review by James Shmagranoff

Introduction

The ability to monitor, diagnose, and treat diseases in the early stages is always on the forefront of people’s minds, but, unfortunately, due to cost prohibitive screenings and specialized equipment, it is not always an option to people. In order to combat not only the cost of detailed screenings, but also to eliminate the need for advanced technology, fitness testing of physical characteristics have begun to be implemented. Hand grip strength testing is a great method to test for general muscle strength and numerous medical conditions such as a child’s increased metabolic risk, diabetes, malnutrition, or adult and elderly muscular atrophy and dystrophy, sarcopenia, and other cardiometabolic factors.

Sarcopenia is characterized by muscle mass and strength decrease, and while it is usually relate…