Screening for sarcopenia and obesity by measuring thigh muscle and fat thickness by ultrasound in patients with rheumatoid arthritis

Objectives: Sarcopenia is relatively common in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients. Thicknesses of the quadriceps muscle and fat are easily measured by ultrasound (US) and are known to be related to skeletal muscle mass and fat mass, respectively. Methods: Eighty-four patients enrolled in the prospec...

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Main Authors: Masahiro Tada, Yutaro Yamada, Koji Mandai, Noriaki Hidaka
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-06-01
Series:Osteoporosis and Sarcopenia
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405525521000431