ReviewNutrients2022
Temporal Muscle and Stroke-A Narrative Review on Current Meaning and Clinical Applications of Temporal Muscle Thickness, Area, and Volume.
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Prognostic Value for Predicting Functional Outcome Bioimpedancemetry and Temporal Muscle Measurement in Acute Stroke
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30 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Value of temporal muscle thickness in predicting outcomes of stroke: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in neurology · 2025Pooled it
- Identification of metabolites associated with preserved muscle volume after aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage due to high protein supplementation and neuromuscular electrical stimulation.Scientific reports · 2024Trial
- Predictive Value of Temporal Muscle Thickness for Sarcopenia after Acute Stroke in Older Patients.Nutrients · 2022Trial
- Temporalis muscle biomarkers from routine brain MRI and risk of dementia in two independent cohorts.Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association · 2026Article
- Ultrasonographic masseter and temporalis thickness in tension-type headache.Acta neurologica Belgica · 2026Article
- Temporal Muscle Thickness Is a Prognostic Factor for Neurological Recovery After Surgery for Chronic Subdural Hematoma.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Association between temporal muscle morphology based on MRI and muscle mass and strength in healthy young adults: a cross-sectional study.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2026Article
- Evaluation of temporal muscle thickness in subjects with acromegaly: a follow-up study.Therapeutic advances in endocrinology and metabolism · 2026Article
- Temporal muscle thickness is associated with clinical frailty in patients with severe acute brain injury.JAR life · 2026Article
- Associations between masseter and temporal muscle measurements and sarcopenia and nutritional status in older adults.Radiologie (Heidelberg, Germany) · 2025Article
- Temporal muscle thickness as a feasible sarcopenia marker and outcome predictor after aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage.Acta neurochirurgica · 2025Article
- Pectoralis major muscle index as an opportunistic predictor of mortality in acute stroke patients treated with intravenous thrombolysis.Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2025Article
- Temporalis muscle thickness correlates with premorbid frailty in patients resuscitated from cardiac arrest.Resuscitation · 2025Article
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- Predictive value of temporal muscle thickness in patients with chronic subdural hematoma.Frontiers in neurology · 2025Article
- Prognostic value of temporalis muscle thickness as a marker of sarcopenia in intracerebral hemorrhage.Frontiers in neurology · 2025Article
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- Comment on: 'Reduced Temporal Muscle Thickness Predicts Shorter Survival in Patients Undergoing Chronic Subdural Haematoma Drainage' by Korhonen et al.Journal of cachexia, sarcopenia and muscle · 2024Article
- Changes in temporal muscle dimensions and their clinical impact in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest survivors.Resuscitation plus · 2024Article
- Using magnetic resonance imaging to measure head muscles: An innovative method to opportunistically determine muscle mass and detect sarcopenia.Journal of cachexia, sarcopenia and muscle · 2024Article
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Abstract
backgroundEvaluating muscle mass and function among stroke patients is important. However, evaluating muscle volume and function is not easy due to the disturbances of consciousness and paresis. Temporal muscle thickness (TMT) has been introduced as a novel surrogate marker for muscle mass, function, and nutritional status. We herein performed a narrative literature review on temporal muscle and stroke to understand the current meaning of TMT in clinical stroke practice.
methodsThe search was performed in PubMed, last updated in October 2021. Reports on temporal muscle morphomics and stroke-related diseases or clinical entities were collected.
resultsFour studies reported on TMT and subarachnoid hemorrhage, two studies on intracerebral hemorrhage, two studies on ischemic stroke, two studies on standard TMT values, and two studies on nutritional status. TMT was reported as a prognostic factor for several diseases, a surrogate marker for skeletal muscle mass, and an indicator of nutritional status. Computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging, and ultrasonography were used to measure TMT.
conclusionsTMT is gradually being used as a prognostic factor for stroke or a surrogate marker for skeletal muscle mass and nutritional status. The establishment of standard methods to measure TMT and large prospective studies to further investigate the relationship between TMT and diseases are needed.
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