Practical screening tools for sarcopenia in patients with systemic sclerosis.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

In view of the method of diagnosing sarcopenia being complex and considered to be difficult to introduce into routine practice, the European Working Group on Sarcopenia in Older People (EWGSOP) recommends the use of the SARC-F questionnaire as a way to introduce assessment and treatment of sarcopenia into clinical practice. Only recently, some studies have turned their attention to the presence of sarcopenia in systemic sclerosis (SSc).There is no data about performance of SARC-F and other screening tests for sarcopenia in this population.

Objective

To compare the accuracy of SARC-F, SARC-CalF, SARC-F+EBM, and Ishii test as screening tools for sarcopenia in patients with SSc.

Methods

Cross-sectional study of 94 patients with SSc assessed by clinical and p

SUBMITTER: Hax V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7822499 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature