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Muscle ultrasound and its application to point-of-care ultrasonography: a narrative review.
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- Muscle morphology changes over 1-year in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: a prospective cohort study using muscle ultrasound.Advances in rheumatology (London, England) · 2026Observational
- Nutritional Status and Cardiovascular Disease in Older Adults: Clinical Perspectives from Mechanisms to Management.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Review
- Baseline phase angle is associated with morphofunctional status, length of stay, and hospitalization costs in severe anorexia nervosa: the EDIGRA study.Journal of eating disorders · 2026Article
- Skeletal muscle thickness and echo intensity may reflect the risk of malnutrition and physical dysfunction in acutely hospitalized older patients.European geriatric medicine · 2026Article
- Analysis of muscle architecture variables and their relationship with functional capacity in patients with fibromyalgia: A cross-sectional study.Therapeutic advances in musculoskeletal disease · 2026Article
- Association Between Fibromyalgia and Risk of Developing Sarcopenia According SARC-F: A Cross-Sectional Study.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Association between Onodera's prognostic nutritional Index and ultrasound-measured muscle thickness in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: a retrospective cross-sectional study.Annals of medicine · 2025Article
- Thoracic Skeletal Muscle and Exercise Capacity in Adults With Congenital Heart Disease: A Cross-Sectional Imaging Analysis.Journal of cachexia, sarcopenia and muscle · 2025Article
- Establishing Ultrasound Thresholds for Sarcopenia Diagnosis in Older Brazilian Adults.Muscles (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Practical Guide to Nutritional Assessment in CKD: Current Tools, Emerging Technologies, and Future Directions.Clinical journal of the American Society of Nephrology : CJASN · 2025Review
- Point of care ultrasound knowledge attitudes and practices among emergency and ICU healthcare providers.Scientific reports · 2025Article
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- Diagnostic Value of Point-of-Care Ultrasound for Sarcopenia in Geriatric Patients Hospitalized for Hip Fracture.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- Definition and diagnosis of sarcopenia: Asia-Pacific perspectives.Osteoporosis and sarcopenia · 2025Review
- A Comparative Study of the Presence of the Palmaris Longus Tendon Using Physical and Ultrasound Examination.Cureus · 2025Article
- Equations for Assessing Body Composition by Ultrasound in Older Adults: A Narrative Review.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
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Abstract
Technological advances of hand-held ultrasound devices and educational programmes for their use, such as point-of-care ultrasonography (POCUS) training, have contributed to the increasing application of these devices in clinical practice. With the greater impact of frailty and sarcopenia in aging societies, attention is being focused on the use of ultrasound for skeletal muscle assessment. In this narrative review, we discuss how ultrasound can be applied to skeletal muscle assessment, especially that of the quadriceps muscle, in clinical practice. Muscle thickness by ultrasound has been shown to have good reliability and validity for the evaluation of muscle size, and echo intensity has been used to evaluate muscle quality. Muscle ultrasound has not only been useful to diagnose sarcopenia in various settings, but has also been validated to predict health-related outcomes such as death and functional disability. Recommended methods for muscle ultrasound was published recently, and the results of future studies are expected to be comparable. Although several challenging issues with muscle ultrasound remain, if it could be incorporated into educational programmes such as POCUS training, more clinicians may be able to use ultrasound for skeletal muscle assessment in the future.KEY MESSAGESThe evolution of hand-held ultrasound devices enables physicians to perform ultrasound at the bedside as part of regular medical examinations.Muscle ultrasound is considered an effective tool for evaluating muscle size and quality, and has been studied in various settings.More clinicians may be able to evaluate skeletal muscle assessment with the development of educational programmes on muscle ultrasound in the future.
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