RT Journal Article
T1 Ultrasound Muscle Assessment and Nutritional Status in Institutionalized Older Adults: A Pilot Study
A1 Mateos-Angulo, Álvaro
A1 Galán Mercant, Alejandro
A1 Cuesta-Vargas, Antonio
K1 Alimentación
K1 Músculos - Tests
AB Muscle thickness, measured by ultrasonography, has been investigated for nutritional assessment in older adults, however the associations between muscle ultrasound parameters in the lower limb and nutritional status have not been studied. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between muscle thickness echo intensity (EI), and nutritional status in home care residents. A cross sectional study was conducted involving 19 older adults from a home care in Malaga (Spain). We evaluated lower leg muscles by ultrasound, anthropometric data, physical function (measured by gait speed and the Short Physical Performance Battery), strength (handgrip and knee extensors strength) and nutritional status across the Mini-Nutritional Assessment Short-Form (MNA-SF). We found that muscle thickness assessed by ultrasonography independently predicts nutritional status by MNA-SF and after adjusting for handgrip strength or age and sex. As secondary findings, we found relations between strength, functional capacity and the MNA-SF test.
PB MDPI
YR 2019
FD 2019-05-31
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10630/35761
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10630/35761
LA eng
NO Mateos-Angulo, A.; Galán-Mercant, A.; Cuesta-Vargas, A.I. Ultrasound Muscle Assessment and Nutritional Status in Institutionalized Older Adults: A Pilot Study. Nutrients 2019, 11, 1247. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu11061247
DS RIUMA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Málaga
RD 20 ene 2026