Associations between ultrasonographic masseter muscle thickness, sarcopenia and Eichner index in geriatric outpatients : a case control study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The aim of this study was to assess the associations between ultrasonographic masseter muscle thickness, sarcopenia and Eichner Index in outpatients over 60 years of age.

Methods

Participants who admitted to a geriatric outpatient clinic of a university hospital were included in this study. Comprehensive geriatric assessments were recorded. The European Working Group of Sarcopenia in Older People 2 criteria were used to evaluate sarcopenia and probable sarcopenia. Masseter muscle thickness (MMT) was measured bilaterally by ultrasonography. The sum of the mean MMT values for the right and left sides was divided into two equal parts, and the average of these two parts was recorded as the average MMT (AMMT). Masseter muscle was grouped into 3 types according to band

SUBMITTER: Alpoz E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12777495 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature