The agreement of different techniques for muscle measurement in diagnosing sarcopenia: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The measurement or estimation of muscle mass plays an important role in the diagnosis of sarcopenia. Beside dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA), several modalities, including bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA), ultrasound (US), computed tomography (CT), and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), have helped to provide imaging or electrical biomarkers for muscle mass. This study was aimed at summarizing the diagnostic performance of different techniques on muscle assessment for sarcopenia.

Methods

Studies on the assessment of muscle mass by different techniques (compared with DXA), published from inception to 12 October, 2023 were retrieved from 4 electronic databases: the Cochrane Library, Embase, PubMed, and Web of Science. The quality assessment of included st

SUBMITTER: Li L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10963824 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature