Application of current sarcopenia definitions in spinal cord injury

Yannis Dionyssiotis,Grigorios Skarantavos,Konstantina Petropoulou,Antonios Galanos,Christina-Anastassia Rapidi,George P. Lyritis

Application of current sarcopenia definitions in spinal cord injury

2019

Yannis Dionyssiotis
Grigorios Skarantavos
Konstantina Petropoulou
Antonios Galanos
Christina-Anastassia Rapidi
George P. Lyritis

Objective: Little is known about how appropriate the working definitions of sarcopenia are in subjects with spinal cord injury (SCI). This study aimed to evaluate the application of current sarcopenia definitions in SCI.

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Physical therapy
Spinal cord injury
Medicine
Sarcopenia
Lean body mass
Tibia
Skeletal muscle
Internal medicine
Percentile
Cardiology
Quantitative computed tomography
Paralysis

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