ArticleFrontiers in neurology2025
Prognostic value of temporalis muscle thickness as a marker of sarcopenia in intracerebral hemorrhage.
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- Association of Sarcopenia With Global, Motor, Cognitive, and Swallowing Function Prognosis in Stroke Patients: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Brain and behavior · 2026Pooled it
- Retrospective analysis of temporalis muscle thickness as a biomarker of functional level in adults with cerebral palsy.Journal of pediatric rehabilitation medicine · 2026Article
- Reduced Temporal Muscle Thickness Is Associated with Increased Postoperative Complications After Cranioplasty.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Article
- Predictive value of changes in temporal muscle volume for 6-month functional outcome in patients with hypertensive intracerebral hemorrhage.Frontiers in neurology · 2026Article
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Abstract
Introduction: Estimating the prognosis of spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) is of great importance. It has not been conclusively clarified whether sarcopenia is predictive for the functional outcome in ICH. Determining the temporalis muscle thickness (TMT) may be helpful for estimating sarcopenia. An association of TMT with outcome (mRS) has been shown in cerebellar ischemia and traumatic brain injury. Methods: The present retrospective study of 488 consecutive patients with ICH aimed to investigate the association of sarcopenia as assessed by TMT with mRS. In addition to biometric data, ICH subtype and severity [modified ICH score (mICH)], occurrence of complications and mRS at discharge and after 90 days were recorded. The influence of sarcopenia assessed by TMT as the surrogate marker using head imaging (cCT, cMRT) on mRS was analyzed by ordinal regression analysis. Dichotomization into sarcopenic and non-sarcopenic patients was carried out using standard threshold values. Results: Finally, 322 patients were analyzed [median (IQR) age: 77 (66-83) years; 57.5% male]. Sarcopenic patients were older ( Discussion: In conclusion, sarcopenia as assessed by TMT seems to have limited prognostic value in ICH.
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