University Center of Geriatrics, Saint-Elisabeth Hospital, Antwerp
Aanscherpen van ultrasonografische methode om (scarpenie/verlies van) spieren te beoordelen / Méthode d'évaluation échographique des muscles (sarcopénie)
2022
Antwerpen
Support to the research project: Ultrasonographic assessment of muscle: early screening for sarcopenia to preventfunctional decline in older people and improve their quality of life
Support
€ 137,774Sarcopenia is one of the biggest health care issues in geriatric medicine, with an enormous impact on morbidity, mortality and quality of life. Sarcopenia assessment/screening in clinical practice is almost non-existing as no easy bedside screening methods for sarcopenia are available.
The use of ultrasound could fill this gap. After recent standardization efforts, the only thing lacking the clinical implementation is having cut-off values, which this projects aims to gather.