Muscle strength rather than appendicular skeletal muscle mass might affect spinal sagittal alignment, low back pain, and health-related quality of life

Abstract Sarcopenia is defined as decreasing in muscle strength and mass, and dynapenia is defined as decreasing in muscle strength and maintained muscle mass. This study elucidated the prevalence and characteristics of sarcopenia and dynapenia and evaluate in elderly spinal disorders patients. 1039...

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Main Authors: Yoshihide Tanaka, Masayuki Miyagi, Gen Inoue, Yusuke Hori, Kazuhide Inage, Kosuke Murata, Hisako Fujimaki, Akiyoshi Kuroda, Yuji Yokozeki, Sho Inoue, Yusuke Mimura, Shinji Takahashi, Shoichiro Ohyama, Hidetomi Terai, Masatoshi Hoshino, Akinobu Suzuki, Tadao Tsujio, Hiromitsu Toyoda, Sumihisa Orita, Yawara Eguchi, Yasuhiro Shiga, Takeo Furuya, Satoshi Maki, Shinsuke Ikeda, Eiki Shirasawa, Takayuki Imura, Toshiyuki Nakazawa, Kentaro Uchida, Seiji Ohtori, Hiroaki Nakamura, Masashi Takaso
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2023-06-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-37125-w