ArticleFrontiers in nutrition2025
Impact of sarcopenia on functional and cognitive recovery in Caucasian post-stroke patients following rehabilitation.
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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
- Differential Effects of Stroke Stage and Age on Sarcopenia in Stroke Patients: A Cross-Sectional Study.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Post-stroke sarcopenia as a neuromuscular disorder: a mini review of neural mechanisms and clinical implications.Frontiers in neurology · 2026Review
- Accuracy of sarcopenia screening tools among older adults with stroke undergoing inpatient rehabilitation.PloS one · 2026Article
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Abstract
Background & aims: Sarcopenia, a progressive and generalized skeletal muscle disorder, significantly hinders post-stroke recovery. Existing research has focused exclusively on Asian populations, leaving effects in Caucasian cohorts largely unexplored. This study aims to evaluate the impact of sarcopenia, as defined by the European Working Group on Sarcopenia in Older People (EWGSOP2) criteria, on functional and cognitive recovery in subacute post-stroke patients undergoing a rehabilitation program. Methods: Eighty seven subacute post-stroke patients (71 [61-78] years; 42 women) were evaluated at admission (T0) and after 6 weeks of rehabilitation (T1). At T0, demographic, clinical, and nutritional data were collected, and sarcopenia was diagnosed. Functional and cognitive outcomes-including the modified Barthel Index (mBI), Fugl-Meyer Assessment for Upper Extremity (FMA-UE), Motricity Index for upper and lower limbs (MI-UE, MI-LE), Functional Ambulation Category (FAC), and Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA)-were evaluated at both T0 and T1. Functional and cognitive recovery (ΔmBI, ΔFMA-UE, ΔMI-UE, ΔMI-LE, and ΔMoCA) were also assessed. Intra-group (T0 vs. T1) and inter-group comparisons (sarcopenic vs. nonsarcopenic patients) were then evaluated, and a Propensity Score Matching (PSM) analysis was used to adjust for baseline confounding factors. Results: Sarcopenic patients ( Conclusion: Our findings emphasize that sarcopenia negatively affects post-stroke recovery of independence and ambulation, highlighting the importance of early identification and targeted interventions in rehabilitation.
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