Analysis of skeletal muscle mass in women over 40 with degenerative lumbar scoliosis.
Yawara EguchiToru ToyoguchiKazuhide InageKazuki FujimotoSumihisa OritaMiyako SuzukiHirohito KanamotoKoki AbeMasaki NorimotoTomotaka UmimuraTakashi SatoMasao KodaTakeo FuruyaYasuchika AokiJunichi NakamuraTsutomu AkazawaKazuhisa TakahashiSeiji OhtoriPublished in: European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society (2018)
In middle-aged and elderly women, prevalence of sarcopenia was 59.8% in DLS cases and 42.8% in controls, which revealed a high prevalence in DLS. A decrease in trunk muscle was a significant risk factor for DLS that was independent of age. These slides can be retrieved under Electronic Supplementary Material.