Lactobacillus bulgaricus Lb-87 and Improved Gait Speed

• Effect of host and gut microbiota-altering interventions on sarcopenia or its defining parameters: a systematic review and meta-analysis of nutrition-based intervention studies.

  • 2025-11-21
  • Meta-Analysis · n = 4,842
  • Aging clinical and experimental research 38(1)
  • • Laurence Lapauw
    • Nadjia Amini
    • Emiel Switsers
    • Jolan Dupont
    • Laura Vercauteren
    • Muriel Derrien
    • Jeroen Raes
    • Evelien Gielen

  • PubMed: 41269489
  • DOI: 10.1007/s40520-025-03216-z

  2 Insights on

  • Improved Gait Speed

  • High evidence

  Probiotics improved muscle strength by 1.90 kg and gait speed by 0.08 m/s

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Small