ArticleEuropean geriatric medicine2018
Application of ultrasound for muscle assessment in sarcopenia: towards standardized measurements.
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Who cites it
109 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Pooled it
- Non invasive techniques for direct muscle quality assessment after exercise intervention in older adults: a systematic review.BMC geriatrics · 2024Pooled it
- Diagnostic test accuracy of ultrasound for sarcopenia diagnosis: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal of cachexia, sarcopenia and muscle · 2023Pooled it
- Evaluation of Appendicular Muscle Mass in Sarcopenia in Older Adults Using Ultrasonography: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Gerontology · 2022Pooled it
- Biomarkers and the quadriceps femoris muscle architecture assessed by ultrasound in older adults with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction: a cross-sectional study.Aging clinical and experimental research · 2022Trial
- Artificial Intelligence-Based Muscle Ultrasound: A Novel Approach to Nutritional Evaluation Beyond Quantity in Neurological Patients.Nutrients · 2026Observational
- Muscle morphology changes over 1-year in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: a prospective cohort study using muscle ultrasound.Advances in rheumatology (London, England) · 2026Observational
- Ultrasound evaluation of muscle quality in rheumatoid arthritis: a reliability study of the Spanish Ultrasound Muscle Assessment in Rheumatoid Arthritis (SpUMAR) score.Arthritis research & therapy · 2026Article
- Parker Mobility Score as a Screening Tool for Sarcopenia in Older German Adults: A Cross-Sectional Analysis of Trial Data.Health science reports · 2026Article
- The role of sleep disorders in the motoric and cognitive trajectories of older physically frail sarcopenic and healthy active subjects: SOMNUS-DARE, a prospective cohort study.BMC geriatrics · 2026Article
- Reference Values of Quadriceps Muscle Thickness Measured by Point-of-Care Ultrasound by Sex and Age Groups in Older Adults.Canadian geriatrics journal : CGJ · 2026Article
- Ultrasound changes in lower limb muscle architectural parameters and ambulatory outcomes in early stroke survivors.Singapore medical journal · 2026Article
- Associations of thigh muscle thickness with cardiorespiratory fitness and ventilatory efficiency in male soccer athletes.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- The sarcopenia conundrum: why muscle ultrasound does (or does not) have a future.European geriatric medicine · 2026Article
- The Clinical Impact of Sarcopenia and Delirium in Hospitalized Elderly Patients: An Analysis Using Muscle Ultrasound.Journal of cachexia, sarcopenia and muscle · 2026Article
- Association of CONUT Score with Ultrasound-Measured Muscle Mass and 30-, 45-, and 60-Day Mortality in Geriatric Palliative Care Patients: A Prospective Observational Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- Evaluation of Muscle Mass and Quality With an AI-Based Muscle Ultrasound Imaging System in Patients at Risk of Malnutrition.Journal of cachexia, sarcopenia and muscle · 2025Observational
- Establishing Ultrasound Thresholds for Sarcopenia Diagnosis in Older Brazilian Adults.Muscles (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Quantitative evaluation of muscle quality and quantity using an ultrasound radio frequency signal.Journal of orthopaedic surgery and research · 2025Article
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Abstract
purposeMeasurement of muscle mass is paramount in the screening and diagnosis of sarcopenia. Besides muscle quantity however, also quality assessment is important. Ultrasonography (US) has the advantage over dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DEXA) and bio-impedance analysis (BIA) to give both quantitative and qualitative information on muscle. However, before its use in clinical practice, several methodological aspects still need to be addressed. Both standardization in measurement techniques and the availability of reference values are currently lacking. This review aims to provide an evidence-based standardization of assessing appendicular muscle with the use of US.
methodsA systematic review was performed for ultrasonography to assess muscle in older people. Pubmed, SCOPUS and Web of Sciences were searched. All articles regarding the use of US in assessing appendicular muscle were used. Description of US-specific parameters and localization of the measurement were retrieved.
resultsThrough this process, five items of muscle assessment were identified in the evaluated articles: thickness, cross-sectional area, echogenicity, fascicle length and pennation angle. Different techniques for measurement and location of measurement used were noted, as also the different muscles in which this was evaluated. Then, a translation for a clinical setting in a standardized way was proposed.
conclusionsThe results of this review provide thus an evidence base for an ultrasound protocol in the assessment of skeletal muscle. This standardization of measurements is the first step in creating conditions to further test the applicability of US for use on a large scale as a routine assessment and follow-up tool for appendicular muscle.
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