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Ultrasound Assessment of the Rectus Femoris in Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Predicts Sarcopenia.

Mingming DengLiming YanRun TongJoseph ZhaoYanxia LiYan YinQin ZhangJinghan GaoQiuyue WangGang HouXiaoming Zhou
Published in: International journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (2022)
The ultrasound measurement of the rectus femoris has potential for the clinical assessment of sarcopenia in patients with COPD.
Keyphrases
  • magnetic resonance imaging
  • skeletal muscle
  • chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
  • ultrasound guided
  • computed tomography
  • risk assessment
  • cystic fibrosis
  • climate change