Screening for Sarcopenia (Physical Frailty) in the COVID‐19 Era

AM Ali, H Kunugi - International journal of endocrinology, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Although the numbers of aged populations have risen considerably in the last few decades,
the current coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) has revealed an extensive vulnerability …

[HTML][HTML] Physical frailty/sarcopenia as a key predisposing factor to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and its complications in older adults

AM Ali, H Kunugi - BioMed, 2021 - mdpi.com
The tremendously rising numbers of aged populations are associated with a heightened risk
for motor and functional declines. Sarcopenia is an active age-related process that involves …

[HTML][HTML] A multifactorial approach for sarcopenia assessment: a literature review

R Supriya, KP Singh, Y Gao, F Li, F Dutheil, JS Baker - Biology, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Sarcopenia is characterized by an accelerated decline in skeletal muscle
mass and strength, which results in poor quality of life, disability, and death. In the literature …

[HTML][HTML] COVID-19 and acute sarcopenia

C Welch, C Greig, T Masud, D Wilson… - Aging and …, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a devastating global impact, with older adults being most
at risk of death from the disease. However, acute sarcopenia occurs in survivors of COVID …

[HTML][HTML] Skeletal muscle mass, sarcopenia and rehabilitation outcomes in post-acute COVID-19 patients

M Gobbi, E Bezzoli, F Ismelli, G Trotti… - Journal of clinical …, 2021 - mdpi.com
The relationship between skeletal muscle mass at the beginning of the post-acute
rehabilitation phase and rehabilitation outcomes has been scarcely investigated. The aim of …

Sarcopenia and Covid-19 outcomes

Y Wang, S Tan, Q Yan, Y Gao - Clinical Interventions in Aging, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Abstract Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) spread rapidly and became a severe global
public health threat. Older adults have a high risk of COVID-19 and its associated mortality …

[HTML][HTML] Predictors of sarcopenia in outpatients with post-critical SARS-CoV2 disease. Nutritional ultrasound of rectus femoris muscle, a potential tool

I Cornejo-Pareja, AG Soler-Beunza, IM Vegas-Aguilar… - Nutrients, 2022 - mdpi.com
Background and Objectives: The loss of muscle mass in post-critical COVID-19 outpatients
is difficult to assess due to the limitations of techniques and the high prevalence of obesity …

[HTML][HTML] Evaluation of muscle mass and stiffness with limb ultrasound in COVID-19 survivors

S Damanti, M Cilla, B Tuscano, R De Lorenzo… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Background acute illnesses, like COVID-19, can act as a catabolic stimulus on muscles. So
far, no study has evaluated muscle mass and quality through limb ultrasound in post-COVID …

[HTML][HTML] Sarcopenia during COVID-19 lockdown restrictions: long-term health effects of short-term muscle loss

R Kirwan, D McCullough, T Butler, F Perez de Heredia… - GeroScience, 2020 - Springer
The COVID-19 pandemic is an extraordinary global emergency that has led to the
implementation of unprecedented measures in order to stem the spread of the infection …

Coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) outcomes in patients with sarcopenia: a meta-analysis and meta-regression

YMT Siahaan, V Hartoyo, TI Hariyanto… - Clinical nutrition …, 2022 - Elsevier
Background Sarcopenia has been associated with patients' poor quality of life, disability,
and hospitalization. As of today, evidence that highlights the association between …