Temporalis Muscle Thickness as an Indicator of Sarcopenia Is Associated With Long-term Motor Outcomes in Parkinson's Disease.

Seok Jong ChungYun Joong KimHan Soo YooJin Ho JungKyoungwon Baik Hye Sun LeeYang Hyun LeeJi-Man HongYoung H SohnPhil Hyu Lee

Published in: The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences (2022)

This study demonstrated that baseline TMT could be an indicator of the longitudinal requirement for dopaminergic medications in male patients with PD, suggesting that sarcopenia may have a detrimental effect on disease progression in PD in a sex-specific manner.

Keyphrases

skeletal muscle
optical coherence tomography
community dwelling
type diabetes
metabolic syndrome
adipose tissue