Does Denosumab Really Improve Muscle Strength? Current Evidence Is Weak (Letter)
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Scott, David
Daly, Robin M
Mesinovic, Jakub
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Dear Editor, We read with interest the recent systematic review and meta-analysis published by Aryana et al.1) entitled “Denosumab's therapeutic effect for future osteosarcopenia therapy: a systematic review and meta-analysis.” The meta-analysis included four studies and concluded that denosumab (a human monoclonal antibody osteoporosis medication) improved hand grip strength (but not lumbar spine bone mineral density or gait speed) to a greater extent than bisphosphonates (another antiresorptive bone medication). We wish to draw attention to several methodological flaws that are likely to have influenced the outcomes and interpretation of this meta-analysis.
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Annals of Geriatric Medicine and Research
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© 2023 Korean Geriatrics Society. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Beck, BR; Scott, D; Daly, RM; Mesinovic, J, Does Denosumab Really Improve Muscle Strength? Current Evidence Is Weak (Letter), Annals of Geriatric Medicine and Research, 2023, 27 (2), pp. 179-180