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ArticleArchives of rehabilitation research and clinical translation2024

Association of Baseline Skeletal Muscle Mass Index With Adverse Events and Rehabilitation Outcomes in Patients Admitted for Rehabilitation.

Hideki Arai, Syuya Okada, Tatsuyuki Fukuoka, Masafumi Nozoe, Kuniyasu Kamiya, Satoru Matsumoto, Takeshi Morimoto

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Article in Archives of rehabilitation research and clinical translation, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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Hideki AraiDepartment of Clinical Epidemiology, Hyogo Medical University, Nishinomiya, Japan.
Syuya OkadaToyonaka Heisei Hospital, Toyonaka, Japan.
Tatsuyuki FukuokaDepartment of Rehabilitation, Faculty of Rehabilitation, Hiroshima International University, Higashihiroshima, Japan.
Masafumi NozoeDepartment of Physical Therapy, Faculty of Rehabilitation, Kansai Medical University, Hirakata, Japan.
Kuniyasu KamiyaDepartment of Basic Medical Sciences Region, Kobe City College of Nursing, Kobe, Japan.
Satoru MatsumotoToyonaka Heisei Hospital, Toyonaka, Japan.
Takeshi MorimotoDepartment of Clinical Epidemiology, Hyogo Medical University, Nishinomiya, Japan.

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Abstract

Objective: To assess the associations of baseline skeletal muscle mass index (SMI) with adverse events and rehabilitation outcomes in patients admitted for rehabilitation. Design: A retrospective cohort study. Participants: The subjects were 409 patients (mean age, 79 years; men, 167 [41%]) undergoing rehabilitation because of neurologic disease, musculoskeletal disorders, or hospital-associated deconditioning. Patients were divided into 2 groups according to the definition of sarcopenia by the Asian Working Group for Sarcopenia: those with low SMI (<7.0 kg/m Interventions: Not applicable. Main Outcome Measures: The primary outcomes were adverse events including death and acute illness requiring transfer to other hospitals for specialized treatments. The secondary outcomes were rehabilitation outcomes including the efficiency scores (changes in functional independence measure [FIM] score divided by length of stay) of FIM for motor function (FIM-M) and FIM for cognitive function (FIM-C). Results: Of the 409 patients, 299 (73%) had a low SMI. The adjusted hazard ratio (95% confidence interval) of the low SMI group relative to the high SMI group for adverse events was 2.79 (1.06-7.34). There were no significant differences between the 2 groups in FIM-M efficiency scores [mean ± SD, low SMI group: 0.4 (0.58) vs high SMI group: 0.47 (0.54), Conclusion: Low baseline SMI was significantly associated with adverse events but not with rehabilitation outcomes in patients undergoing rehabilitation.

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Activities of daily livingAdverse eventsFunctional independence measureLength of stayRehabilitationSkeletal muscle mass index

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PMID38482100
PMCPMC10928277

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