TY - JOUR
T1 - Application of ultrasound for muscle assessment in sarcopenia
T2 - 2020 SARCUS update
AU - Perkisas, Stany
AU - Bastijns, Sophie
AU - Baudry, Stéphane
AU - Bauer, Jürgen
AU - Beaudart, Charlotte
AU - Beckwée, David
AU - Cruz-Jentoft, Alfonso
AU - Gasowski, Jerzy
AU - Hobbelen, Hans
AU - Jager-Wittenaar, Harriët
AU - Kasiukiewicz, Agnieszka
AU - Landi, Francesco
AU - Małek, Magdalena
AU - Marco, Ester
AU - Martone, Anna Maria
AU - de Miguel, Ana Merello
AU - Piotrowicz, Karolina
AU - Sanchez, Elisabet
AU - Sanchez-Rodriguez, Dolores
AU - Scafoglieri, Aldo
AU - Vandewoude, Maurits
AU - Verhoeven, Veronique
AU - Wojszel, Zyta Beata
AU - De Cock, Anne-Marie
PY - 2021/2/1
Y1 - 2021/2/1
N2 - PURPOSE: In 2018, the SARCUS working group published a first article on the standardization of the use of ultrasound to assess muscle. Recommendations were made for patient positioning, system settings and components to be measured. Also, shortcomings in knowledge were mentioned. An important issue that still required standardization was the definition of anatomical landmarks for many muscles.METHODS: A systematic search was performed in Medline, SCOPUS and Web of Sciences looking for all articles describing the use of ultrasound in the assessment of muscle not described in the first recommendations, published from 01/01/2018 until 31/01/2020. All relevant terms used for older people, ultrasound and muscles were used.RESULTS: For 39 muscles, different approaches for ultrasound assessment were found that likely impact the values measured. Standardized anatomical landmarks and measuring points were proposed for all muscles/muscle groups. Besides the five already known muscle parameters (muscle thickness, cross-section area, pennation angle, fascicle length and echo-intensity), four new parameters are discussed (muscle volume, stiffness, contraction potential and microcirculation). The former SARCUS article recommendations are updated with this new information that includes new muscle groups.CONCLUSIONS: The emerging field of ultrasound assessment of muscle mass only highlights the need for a standardization of measurement technique. In this article, guidelines are updated and broadened to provide standardization instructions for a large number of muscles.
AB - PURPOSE: In 2018, the SARCUS working group published a first article on the standardization of the use of ultrasound to assess muscle. Recommendations were made for patient positioning, system settings and components to be measured. Also, shortcomings in knowledge were mentioned. An important issue that still required standardization was the definition of anatomical landmarks for many muscles.METHODS: A systematic search was performed in Medline, SCOPUS and Web of Sciences looking for all articles describing the use of ultrasound in the assessment of muscle not described in the first recommendations, published from 01/01/2018 until 31/01/2020. All relevant terms used for older people, ultrasound and muscles were used.RESULTS: For 39 muscles, different approaches for ultrasound assessment were found that likely impact the values measured. Standardized anatomical landmarks and measuring points were proposed for all muscles/muscle groups. Besides the five already known muscle parameters (muscle thickness, cross-section area, pennation angle, fascicle length and echo-intensity), four new parameters are discussed (muscle volume, stiffness, contraction potential and microcirculation). The former SARCUS article recommendations are updated with this new information that includes new muscle groups.CONCLUSIONS: The emerging field of ultrasound assessment of muscle mass only highlights the need for a standardization of measurement technique. In this article, guidelines are updated and broadened to provide standardization instructions for a large number of muscles.
KW - ultrasound
KW - sarcopenia
KW - muscles
KW - ultrageluid
KW - sarcopenie
KW - spieren
U2 - 10.1007/s41999-020-00433-9
DO - 10.1007/s41999-020-00433-9
M3 - Article
C2 - 33387359
SN - 1878-7649
VL - 12
SP - 45
EP - 59
JO - European Geriatric Medicine
JF - European Geriatric Medicine
IS - 1
ER -