Ultrasound assessment of rectus femoris muscle in rehabilitation patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease screened for sarcopenia: correlation of muscle size with quadriceps strength and fat-free mass.
Cindry Ramírez-FuentesPatrícia Mínguez-BlascoFabián OstizDolores Sánchez-RodríguezMonique Messaggi-SartorRaquel MacíasJosep M MuniesaDiego A RodríguezJoan VilaStany PerkisasFerran EscaladaEster MarcoPublished in: European geriatric medicine (2018)
A causal relationship was observed between the cross-sectional area of the rectus femoris muscle, assessed with ultrasonography, and maximum isometric strength of knee extension in COPD rehabilitation patients. Reduced cross-sectional area was also associated with loss of fat-free mass. Muscle ultrasound and bioimpedance analysis provide complementary and relevant information that could be useful in the case-finding of sarcopenia in COPD patients.
Keyphrases
- skeletal muscle
- cross sectional
- end stage renal disease
- magnetic resonance imaging
- chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- adipose tissue
- prognostic factors
- total knee arthroplasty
- knee osteoarthritis
- resistance training
- health information
- high intensity
- anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction
- anterior cruciate ligament