Ultrasound examination method for assessing sarcopenia and its research progress / 中华老年医学杂志
Chinese Journal of Geriatrics
;
(12): 373-378, 2022.
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in Chinese
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-933088
ABSTRACT
Sarcopenia is becoming one of the challenges that is associated with worse quality of life and death.Accurate evaluation of skeletal muscle quantity and quality is the most important for the screening and diagnosing sarcopenia.Compared with other imaging evaluation methods, ultrasound examination is a portable, no-ionizing radiation and inexpensive technique, and especially has a high repeatability.After a comprehensive overview of the imaging tests assessing skeletal muscle, this review summarized ultrasound examination requirements for assessing skeletal muscle, measurement parameters, and future perspectives.
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Chinese
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Chinese Journal of Geriatrics
Year:
2022
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