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Malnutrition in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis: Insights from Morphofunctional Assessment and Global Leadership Initiative on Malnutrition Criteria.

María Teresa Zarco-Martín, Carmen Freire, María Carmen Andreo-López, Socorro Leyva-Martínez, María Luisa Fernández-Soto

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Article in Nutrients, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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  6. Medical nutrition therapy for ALS: Dietitians' approaches to diagnosing malnutrition, facilitating feeding tube discussions, and mitigating refeeding syndrome risk.Nutrition in clinical practice : official publication of the American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition · 2026
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5 authors.

María Teresa Zarco-MartínEndocrinology and Nutrition Unit, San Cecilio University Hospital, 18016 Granada, Spain.ORCID 0009-0003-0106-5594
Carmen FreireDepartment of Legal Medicine, Toxicology and Physical Anthropology, University of Granada, 18006 Granada, Spain.ORCID 0000-0001-7370-1842
María Carmen Andreo-LópezEndocrinology and Nutrition Unit, San Cecilio University Hospital, 18016 Granada, Spain.ORCID 0009-0002-7452-4387
Socorro Leyva-MartínezEndocrinology and Nutrition Unit, San Cecilio University Hospital, 18016 Granada, Spain.
María Luisa Fernández-SotoEndocrinology and Nutrition Unit, San Cecilio University Hospital, 18016 Granada, Spain.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) is a progressive neurodegenerative disease frequently accompanied by malnutrition due to weight loss, increased energy expenditure, and muscle mass loss. This study aimed to evaluate morphofunctional assessment tools as predictors of malnutrition and to investigate their relationship with muscle status and disease severity in ALS patients. A cross-sectional study was conducted with 45 ALS patients at the San Cecilio University Hospital in Granada. Malnutrition was assessed using the Global Leadership Initiative on Malnutrition (GLIM) criteria. Morphofunctional assessment was performed using Bioimpedance Vectorial Analysis (BIVA), handgrip strength (HGS), and Short Physical Performance Battery (SPPB). Malnutrition prevalence was 38% according to GLIM criteria. Significant differences were observed between malnourished and non-malnourished groups in age (70 ± 9 vs. 62 ± 10 years,

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Amyotrophic Lateral SclerosisMalnutritionNutrition AssessmentAgedCross-Sectional StudiesElectric ImpedanceFemaleHand StrengthHumansMaleMiddle AgedNutritional StatusPrevalenceSeverity of Illness IndexALSbody compositionmalnutritionphase angle

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