由弹性图谱得出的下胃半肌硬度是老年人倒的独立因素
Hakan Baş1, Arzu Okyar Baş2, Serdar Ceylan2
1Department of Radiology, Ankara Gazi Mustafa Kemal Occupational and Environmental Diseases Hospital, Yenimahalle, Ankara, Turkey. hakanbas7@gmail.com.
Aging clinical and experimental research
|November 1, 2023
概括
年长的成年人,腹肌肌肉的下部肌肉硬,通过剪切波弹性图 (SWE) 测量,更容易跌倒. 这一发现独立于肌肉质量和力量,强调肌肉质量是跌倒风险的关键因素.
科学领域:
- 老年医学 老年医学
- 生物医学工程 生物医学工程
- 肌肉骨健康 肌肉骨健康
背景情况:
- 标志着肌肉力量和质量减少的萨科佩尼亚是老年人跌的已知危险因素.
- 除了质量和力量之外,肌肉质量对跌倒发生率的具体影响仍未得到充分研究.
研究的目的:
- 为了研究通过剪波弹性图 (SWE) 评估的肌肉度与老年人群中跌倒之间的关联.
- 为了确定肌肉质量的变化,如硬度所示,预测跌倒风险.
主要方法:
- 101名老年门诊患者通过SWE进行了评估,包括体力表现,肌肉力量,肌肉质量和胃半关节 (GCM) 肌肉的中间头部硬度.
- 记录了参与者从前一年的跌倒历史.
主要成果:
- 摔倒者在被动拉伸过程中表现出明显较低的GCM肌肉硬度 (Emean),与非摔倒者相比 (p < 0.001).
- GCM度与跌倒次数有显著的相关性 (r = -0.274,p = 0.010).
- 在老年人中,低GCM度独立预测下降,即使考虑到混因素 (OR = 0.944,p = 0.010).
结论:
- 这项研究证实了SWE测量的胃半肌硬度降低与老年人跌倒风险增加之间的新联系.
- 肌肉硬度是肌肉质量的标记,是跌倒的独立预测因素,与肌肉质量和力量不同.
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