Muscle quality as a complementary prognostic tool in conjunction with sarcopenia assessment in younger and older individuals

ConclusionsLow MQ despite low prevalence rates of sarcopenia in both groups suggests a need for age-specific MQ cut-points. Muscle quality assessments might be useful complementary prognostic tools alongside existing sarcopenia definitions.

Source: European Journal of Applied Physiology - April 13, 2019 Category: Physiology Source Type: research