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Gender specific cutoffs levels were identified for low muscle mass using three different methods.
Impendence measurements of muscle mass using Tanita scales have 90% correlation with dual energy X-ray absorptiometry.
The aim of this study was to establish cutoffs for low muscle mass using three published methods and to compare the prevalence of sarcopenia in older Australians.
To evaluate the utility of BIA as a practical clinical tool for estimating muscle mass, using DXA as the gold standard comparator in a sub-group of patients.
Furthermore, the patients included in our trial were more severely ill than in the trial of Gruther et al. As tissue edema is common in severely ill patients, the assessment of the muscle mass using ultrasound may be challenging.
In summary, measurement of patient performance and muscle mass, using validated and easily replicated tools, may add important objective detail of patients' physical fitness to the currently utilised PS score and aid MDT decision making.
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Furthermore, the algorithm can be implemented in the absence of reference values for muscle mass by using muscle mass thirds as we have shown.
We have developed a method for measuring muscle volume based on CT, which was validated by muscle mass calculated using DXA.
Future studies should examine the associations between muscle mass assessed using MRI or CT, with death, in those with and without kidney disease.
Lean tissue assessed by DXA technology comprises non-fat and non-bone tissue and correlates well with skeletal muscle mass measured using magnetic resonance imaging [ 11].
We have previously shown that muscle function is impaired in geriatric hospitalized patients with inflammation and that the decreased muscle function was not explained by muscle mass estimations using anthropometric measures [ 3].
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