ArticleThe journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences2015
Asymmetry in CT Scan Measures of Thigh Muscle 2 Months After Hip Fracture: The Baltimore Hip Studies.
Article in The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It has been retracted, and should not be counted. It is linked to trial NCT02635308 (Enhanced Rehabilitation Targeting Strength and Movement Pattern Symmetry Following Hip Fracture), which is not on this map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Enhanced Rehabilitation Targeting Strength and Movement Pattern Symmetry Following Hip Fracture
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- A retrospective analysis of the link between the prognostic nutritional index and 1-year mortality rates in older adults suffering from femoral neck fractures.Frontiers in nutrition · 2026Article
- Precise individual muscle segmentation in whole thigh CT scans for sarcopenia assessment using U-net transformer.Scientific reports · 2024Article
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- Thigh Muscle Composition and Its Relationship to Functional Recovery Post Hip Fracture Over Time and Between Sexes.The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundHip fracture is an important problem for older adults with significant functional consequences. After hip fracture, reduced muscle loading can result in muscle atrophy.
methodsWe compared thigh muscle characteristics in the fractured leg with those in the nonfractured leg in participants from the Baltimore Hip Studies 7th cohort using computed tomography (CT) scan imaging.
resultsAt 2 months postfracture, a single 10-mm axial CT scan was obtained at the midthigh level in 47 participants (26 men and 21 women) with a mean age of 80.4 years (range 65-96), and thigh muscle cross-sectional area (CSA), CSA of intermuscular adipose tissue (IMAT), as well as mean radiological attenuation were measured. Total thigh muscle CSA was less on the side of the fracture by 9.2 cm(2) (95% CI: 5.9, 12.4 cm(2)), whereas the CSA of IMAT was greater by 2.8 cm(2) (95% CI: 1.9, 3.8 cm(2)) on the fractured side. Mean muscle attenuation was lower on the side of the fracture by 3.61 HU (95% CI: 2.99, 4.24 HU).
conclusionsThe observed asymmetry is consistent with the effect of disuse and inflammation in the affected limb along with training effects in the unaffected limb due to the favoring of this leg with ambulation during the postfracture period.
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