Cross-sectional area of erector spinae muscles is associated with activities of daily living at discharge in middle- to older-aged patients with coronavirus disease 2019.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Measurement of skeletal muscle wasting using computed tomography (CT) is widely known to be useful in predicting prognosis. Although some reports have been found in patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), few reports have focused on the ability to perform activities of daily living (ADLs). This study retrospectively investigated the relationship between the erector spinae muscle area measured from CT images and ADL at the time of hospital discharge in patients with COVID-19.

Methods

Among patients aged 40 years or older, 271 patients (median age, 65 years; 180/271 male patients) who had CT cross-sectional images of the 12th thoracic vertebral level on admission were included. The Katz index was used to assess ADLs, and patients who were not completely i

SUBMITTER: Yamashita M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8949841 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature