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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Autores principales: Tada, Masahiro, Yamada, Yutaro, Mandai, Koji, Hidaka, Noriaki
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Korean Society of Osteoporosis 2021
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Original Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8261725/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34278004
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.afos.2021.06.002

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8261725/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34278004
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.afos.2021.06.002

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