Sarcopenia, dynapenia, and body composition in Parkinson's disease: are they good predictors of disability?: a case-control study.
Firuzan Fırat OzerSibel AkınMurat GultekinGozde Erturk ZararsızPublished in: Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology (2019)
Muscle strength was closely associated with the severity of the disease and disabilities in PD, but muscle mass was not. Sarcopenia, defined by the SARC-F questionnaire, was a good predictor of disabilities in PD, while the EWGSOP criteria were not. PD patients have a favorable body composition even in advanced stages of the disease with lower FMI and protected lean mass.