Sarcopenia Diagnosis: Reliability of the Ultrasound Assessment of the Tibialis Anterior Muscle as an Alternative Evaluation Tool
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Methods
2.1. Participants
2.2. Outcomes
2.3. Statistical Analysis
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Group 1 (n = 18) | Group 2 (n = 15) | p Value | |
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Age (years) | 75.55 ± 8.54 | 30.27 ± 4.45 | <0.05 |
BMI (kg/m2) | 26.71 ± 3.90 | 23.73 ± 3.07 | <0.05 |
TA thickness (mm) | 19.49 ± 4.91 | 28.94 ± 3.63 | <0.05 |
TA stiffness (Kpa) | 32.21 ± 12.32 | 27.07 ± 8.04 | <0.05 |
HGS (kg) | 21.22 ± 13.47 | 48.47 ± 13.32 | <0.05 |
SarQoL | 53.78 ±14.92 | 99.34 ± 1.02 | <0.05 |
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Leigheb, M.; de Sire, A.; Colangelo, M.; Zagaria, D.; Grassi, F.A.; Rena, O.; Conte, P.; Neri, P.; Carriero, A.; Sacchetti, G.M.; et al. Sarcopenia Diagnosis: Reliability of the Ultrasound Assessment of the Tibialis Anterior Muscle as an Alternative Evaluation Tool. Diagnostics 2021, 11, 2158. https://doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics11112158
Leigheb M, de Sire A, Colangelo M, Zagaria D, Grassi FA, Rena O, Conte P, Neri P, Carriero A, Sacchetti GM, et al. Sarcopenia Diagnosis: Reliability of the Ultrasound Assessment of the Tibialis Anterior Muscle as an Alternative Evaluation Tool. Diagnostics. 2021; 11(11):2158. https://doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics11112158
Chicago/Turabian StyleLeigheb, Massimiliano, Alessandro de Sire, Matteo Colangelo, Domenico Zagaria, Federico Alberto Grassi, Ottavio Rena, Patrizio Conte, Pierluigi Neri, Alessandro Carriero, Gian Mauro Sacchetti, and et al. 2021. "Sarcopenia Diagnosis: Reliability of the Ultrasound Assessment of the Tibialis Anterior Muscle as an Alternative Evaluation Tool" Diagnostics 11, no. 11: 2158. https://doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics11112158