WEB071-2024

Live on Jun 25, 2024, 12 pm – 1 pm Eastern

Well-Being:  What Role Does Muscle Play?

By Thomas B. Giliam, Ph.D.

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Overview: Many meta-analyses have been published in the last 10-years that show the positive impact muscle health and physical activity have on the well-being of the individual with focus in recent years on mental health, including fewer incidents of suicide.  Severinsen reported that physical activity and exercise training decrease the risk of dementia and appear to play a role in the treatment of the disease. 

Research has also shown those who were physically active had fewer incidences of COVID and if in fact they got COVID the incidence of death was less.

Recently, Dr. Liang-Kung Chen published an editorial in Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics entitled “Skeletal Muscle: A Key Determinant of Healthy Aging”.  Dr. Chen in his editorial provides multiple examples and research to support why muscle is critical to the healthy aging process and its positive impact on the immune system, anti-inflammatory process and chronic diseases such as Type II diabetes.  He concludes by stating, “skeletal muscle emerges as a critical component of healthy aging, yielding significant influence over physical function, metabolic health, cognitive (mental) performance, and overall well-being.  Age-related muscle loss and dysfunction can lead to falls, disability, and a loss of independence in older individuals, as well as increase the risk of metabolic dysfunction and chronic illnesses.”

While the research is clear that physical activity and muscle health are essential elements to healthy aging and overall well-being, DataFit’s new hire strength data indicates that Americans are becoming less active and less likely to maintain muscle strength.  Datafit’s database of 600,000 strength tests shows the absolute shoulder strength in the workforce in 2022 is 13% weaker than it was 15 years ago and the knee strength is 10% weaker.  As Dr. Chen stated, this loss of strength will have a negative health impact on the American worker as he/she ages.

This down turn in the muscle health of the worker can be reversed – the research shows that at any given time in our lifespan, strengthening exercises will benefit our health and well-being.  How can industry and the workplace get more creative to put this message into action and reverse this downward trend? 

Objectives:

1. Participants will be able to identify how muscular strength contributes to injury prevention.

2. Participants will be able to identify the role muscular strength plays in the prevention and management of certain lifestyle diseases.

3. Participant will be able to identify how aging contributes to sarcopenia and how to prevent this from occurring.

Speaker Bio:

Tom Gilliam, Ph.D., is the Founder and President of Industrial Physical Capability Services (IPCS), the industry leader in employee physical capability assessments for  Fortune 100 companies and government partners nationwide. He is a visionary leader and industry bellwether at the forefront of workforce health and safety, physical capability assessment, and organizational risk management. He created the proprietary, science-driven mathematical model that is the foundation of IPCS technology today, revolutionizing how organizations effectively and legally provide safe, compliant, and objective testing to match workers with essential job functions. His relentless dedication to ergonomic science-driven research and statistical analysis has revolutionized workers' health, safety, and risk assessment for diversified organizations and industries.

Dr. Gilliam's dedication extends far beyond the boundaries of his company as a leader in the scientific community. He is consistently called upon to present at leading industry and scientific conferences, including the Association of Occupational Health Professionals, American Occupational Health Conference, National Association for the Occupational Health Professionals,  the National Ergonomics Association, and the American College of Sports Medicine, to name a few. He has written countless scientific papers published by leading scientific journals and scholarly publications. Notably, he is the co-author of the book Move It. Lose It. Live Healthy. The Simple Truth About Achieving & Maintaining a Healthy Body Weight.

Before founding IPCS, Dr. Gilliam was a tenured faculty member at the prestigious University of Michigan, where he was involved with numerous funded research projects with the N.I.H., the Kellogg Foundation, and the state of Michigan. Dr. Gilliam earned his doctorate degree in Exercise and Muscle Physiology from Michigan State University. He earned his M.S. from East Carolina University and his B.S. from Ithaca College. Notably, Dr. Gilliam is a veteran of the United States Army. When he is not at work, he calls Streetsboro, Ohio home with his wife and family.

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