Slow walking speed overlapped with low handgrip strength in chronic liver disease patients with hepatocellular carcinoma.
Ayu NagamatsuTakumi KawaguchiKeisuke HirotaShunji KoyaManabu TomitaRyuki HashidaYohei KidaHayato NaraoYuta ManakoDaisuke TanakaNoboru KogaDan NakanoTakashi NiizekiHiroo MatsuseTakuji TorimuraNaoto ShibaPublished in: Hepatology research : the official journal of the Japan Society of Hepatology (2019)
No difference was seen in the prevalence of muscle dysfunction between the Asian Working Group for Sarcopenia and Japan Society of Hepatology criteria in CLD patients with HCC. Furthermore, all patients with slow walking speed also showed low handgrip strength. Thus, for the evaluation of muscle dysfunction, grip strength might be a suitable proxy for walking speed in CLD patients with HCC.