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ReviewJournal of clinical medicine2021

Sarcopenia: Diagnosis and Management, State of the Art and Contribution of Ultrasound.

Silvia Giovannini, Fabrizio Brau, Raffaele Forino, Andrea Berti, Federica D'Ignazio, Claudia Loreti, Andrea Bellieni, Emanuela D'Angelo, Francesca Di Caro, Lorenzo Biscotti and 4 more

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Review in Journal of clinical medicine, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 55 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
55citing papers in PubMed, 5 pooled it
7.8field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

55 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 85 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Silvia GiovanniniDepartment of Geriatrics and Orthopaedics, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 00168 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-9125-752X
Fabrizio BrauDepartment of Geriatrics and Orthopaedics, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 00168 Rome, Italy.
Raffaele ForinoDepartment of Geriatrics and Orthopaedics, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 00168 Rome, Italy.
Andrea BertiDepartment of Geriatrics and Orthopaedics, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 00168 Rome, Italy.
Federica D'IgnazioDepartment of Geriatrics and Orthopaedics, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 00168 Rome, Italy.
Claudia LoretiDepartment of Aging, Neurological, Orthopaedic and Head-Neck Sciences, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, 00168 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-0835-4079
Andrea BellieniUOS Riabilitazione Post-Acuzie, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, 00168 Rome, Italy.
Emanuela D'AngeloDepartment of Geriatrics and Orthopaedics, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 00168 Rome, Italy.
Francesca Di CaroDepartment of Geriatrics and Orthopaedics, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 00168 Rome, Italy.
Lorenzo BiscottiDepartment of Aging, Neurological, Orthopaedic and Head-Neck Sciences, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, 00168 Rome, Italy.
Daniele CoraciDepartment of Neuroscience, Section of Rehabilitation, University of Padova, 35122 Padua, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-7019-9006
Augusto FuscoUOC Neuroriabilitazione ad Alta Intensità, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, 00168 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-8528-7834
Luca PaduaDepartment of Geriatrics and Orthopaedics, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 00168 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-2570-9326
Roberto BernabeiDepartment of Geriatrics and Orthopaedics, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 00168 Rome, Italy.
Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore · ITAgostino Gemelli University Polyclinic · ITUniversity of Padua · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Age-related muscle loss is a phenomenon that has been extensively studied in recent decades. Sarcopenia is a multisystem disease, which predisposes to muscle weakness and frailty. At around 50 years of age, an individual begins to lose muscle strength, although this becomes more evident after 70. Sarcopenia is a condition typically found in older adults but can also affect younger people. Sarcopenia is a preventable and treatable condition. In past years, methods and tools to recognize the condition early have been researched. For the development of therapeutic interventions, agreement on diagnosis is fundamental. In recent years, a possible role of ultrasonography in the diagnosis of sarcopenia has been evaluated, compared with the best-known techniques.

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diagnostic toolmusclemyopathiesnerveneuropathiespersonalized medicinesonographytechnologyultrasound

Identifiers

PMID34884255
PMCPMC8658070
OpenAlexW3215337589

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