Observational studyNutrients2021
Muscle Thickness and Echogenicity Measured by Ultrasound Could Detect Local Sarcopenia and Malnutrition in Older Patients Hospitalized for Hip Fracture.
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- Assessing the Clinical Effectiveness of an Exergame-Based Exercise Training Program Using Ring Fit Adventure to Prevent and Postpone Frailty and Sarcopenia Among Older Adults in Rural Long-Term Care Facilities: Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of medical Internet research · 2024Trial
- Artificial Intelligence-Based Muscle Ultrasound: A Novel Approach to Nutritional Evaluation Beyond Quantity in Neurological Patients.Nutrients · 2026Observational
- Muscle point-of-care ultrasound as a predictor of mortality in older adults with hip fracture.European geriatric medicine · 2026Observational
- Physical Resilience and Its Influencing Factors Among Older Patients with Fragility Fractures: A Cross-Sectional Study Based on Latent Profile Analysis.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Muscle Ultrasound Echo Intensity Detects Insulin Resistance Before Changes in HbAJournal of ultrasound in medicine : official journal of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine · 2026Article
- Ultrasound changes in lower limb muscle architectural parameters and ambulatory outcomes in early stroke survivors.Singapore medical journal · 2026Article
- Nutrition-related clinical laboratory indicators in perioperative management of geriatric hip fractures: a narrative review from risk stratification to precision intervention.Frontiers in nutrition · 2026Review
- Associations between ultrasonographic masseter muscle thickness, sarcopenia and Eichner index in geriatric outpatients : a case control study.BMC geriatrics · 2025Article
- Intra- and inter-rater reliability of swallowing-related muscle assessments using ultrasound devices.Journal of ultrasound · 2025Article
- [Sarcopenia in Senior Subjects with Hip Fracture: Study of Prevalence, Correlation with Obesity, and Ultrasonography of the Rectus Femoris Muscle].Revista brasileira de ortopedia · 2025Article
- Muscle Ultrasound: A Novel Noninvasive Tool for Early Detection of Developing Insulin Resistance and Lower Muscle Mass in Obesity.Journal of ultrasound in medicine : official journal of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine · 2025Article
- Sarcopenia in Senior Subjects with Hip Fracture: Study of Prevalence, Correlation with Obesity, and Ultrasonography of the Rectus Femoris Muscle.Revista brasileira de ortopedia · 2025Article
- Reduced Masseter Muscle Area Predicts the 6-Month Outcome After Mild Traumatic Brain Injury in Older Adults.Aging medicine (Milton (N.S.W)) · 2025Article
- Diagnostic Value of Point-of-Care Ultrasound for Sarcopenia in Geriatric Patients Hospitalized for Hip Fracture.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- Intra- and Inter-Rater Reliability of Ultrasound Imaging to Measure Tensor Fasciae Latae Muscle Size.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- Systemic immune-inflammation index to albumin (SII/ALB) ratio as a novel dual-dimensional powerful predictor for hip fractures in elderly females with diabetes: a postmenopausal longitudinal cohort study.BMC endocrine disorders · 2025Article
- Clinical Significance of Sarcopenia Defined by the Cross-Sectional Area of the Masseter Muscle in Cerebrovascular Events: A Retrospective Cohort Study.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2025Article
- Comprehensive profiling of chemokine and NETosis-associated genes in sarcopenia: construction of a machine learning-based diagnostic nomogram.Frontiers in medicine · 2025Article
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- Skeletal muscle as a pro- and anti-inflammatory tissue: insights from children to adults and ultrasound findings.Journal of ultrasound · 2024Review
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Abstract
backgroundThe aim of this work was to assess whether the muscle thickness and echogenicity were associated with dysphagia, malnutrition, sarcopenia, and functional capacity in acute hospital admission for a hip fracture.
methodsObservational study that assessed nutritional status by Global Leadership Initiative on Malnutrition, risk of dysphagia and sarcopenia by European Working Group on Sarcopenia in Older People and Barthel functional index. We measured muscle thickness and echogenicity of masseter, bicipital, and quadriceps rectus femoris (RF) and vastus intermedius (VI) by ultrasound.
resultsOne hundred and one patients were included in the study (29.7% sarcopenia and 43.8% malnutrition). Logistic regression models adjusted for age, sex, and body mass index showed an inverse association of the masseter thickness with both sarcopenia (OR: 0.56) and malnutrition (OR: 0.38) and quadriceps with sarcopenia (OR: 0.74). In addition, patients at high risk of dysphagia had lower masseter thickness (
conclusionThickness of the masseter was associated with risk of dysphagia, biceps with the ability to self-feed, and that of the quadriceps RF-VI with mobility.
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