Quantitative sonographic assessment of quadriceps muscle thickness for fall injury prediction in patients undergoing maintenance hemodialysis: an observational cohort study.

Asuka SaiKentaro TanakaYasushi OhashiAkifumi KushiyamaYoshihide TanakaShuta MotonishiKen SakaiShigeko HaraTakashi Ozawa

Published in: BMC nephrology (2021)

Quadriceps muscle thickness can be measured easily at the bedside using ultrasonography and is a precise predictor of fall injury in patients undergoing maintenance hemodialysis.

Keyphrases

patients undergoing
peritoneal dialysis
end stage renal disease
skeletal muscle
optical coherence tomography
chronic kidney disease
magnetic resonance imaging
anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction
high resolution
contrast enhanced
anterior cruciate ligament
computed tomography
magnetic resonance