Hi,
I saw your lecture about sarcopenia and really enjoyed it. I wonder if you know any source that can be applied as what I call a ‘household-benchmark’ for a healthy amount of (relative) muscle mass or strength. I searched for something like a ‘muscle mass index’ and came across an interesting paper and some less interesting stuff, but nothing that is really applicable straight away.
Thanks a lot and keep up the good work!
Greets,
Arthur
There is some literature on the topic, e.g.: Skeletal muscle cutpoints associated with elevated physical disability risk in older men and women - PubMed
There isn’t a direct measurement of muscle mass that you can perform at home. In the diagnostic evaluation of sarcopenia, however, there have been some suggested tests that can be used. I talked about some of them in my sarcopenia lecture on our YouTube channel (e.g., Timed up-and-go, chair sit-to-stand). The most rigorous of these that is currently used in the scientific literature is known as the “Short Physical Performance Battery”, or SPPB Short Physical Performance Battery (SPPB) | National Institute on Aging