Cut-off Values for Lower Limb Muscle Thickness to Detect Low Muscle Mass for Sarcopenia in Older Adults.
Yoshihiro FukumotoTome IkezoeMasashi TaniguchiYosuke YamadaShinichiro SawanoSeigo MinaniTsuyoshi AsaiMisaka KimuraNoriaki IchihashiPublished in: Clinical interventions in aging (2021)
Ultrasound measurement of lower leg muscles may be a simple, robust measure to detect low muscle mass for sarcopenia. Additionally, cut-off values for site-specific muscle mass loss may not always agree with those for whole-limb muscle mass loss.