Decrease of Muscle Mass in Young Patients With Neuromuscular Disease: Assessment of Sarcopenia.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Sarcopenia can be associated with the disease etiologies other than degenerative processes, such as neurologic disease including cerebral palsy, myelomeningocele, or Duchenne muscular dystrophy, even in children. Although the relationship between neurologic disease and scoliosis or ambulatory function is known, the mediators affecting scoliosis or gait function in these patients are unclear, an example might be sarcopenia. This study aimed to assess the degree of sarcopenia in young patients with neurologic diseases using computed tomography (CT), and analyze the correlation between sarcopenia and scoliosis or ambulatory function.

Methods

Pediatric and young adult patients (≤ 25 years old) who underwent whole-spine or lower-extremity CT were retrospectively includ

SUBMITTER: Kim J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10226852 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature