Secondary Sarcopenia and Spinal Cord Injury: Clinical Associations and Health Outcomes

Gherle, Anamaria and Nistor-Cseppento, Carmen Delia and Iovanovici, Diana-Carina and Cevei, Iulia Ruxandra and Cevei, Mariana Lidia and Vasileva, Dance and Deac, Stefania and Stoicanescu, Dorina (2024) Secondary Sarcopenia and Spinal Cord Injury: Clinical Associations and Health Outcomes. Journal of Clinical Medicine, 13 (3). p. 885. ISSN 2077-0383

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Abstract

Background: Sarcopenia and spinal cord injury (SCI) often coexist, but little is known about the associations. This study aimed to assess the impact of SCI on muscle and bone mass and the correlations between the clinical characteristics of SCI patients and sarcopenia. Methods: A total of 136 patients with SCI admitted to rehabilitation hospital were included in this study. The type and severity of injury (AIS), level of spasticity (MAS), bone mineral density and Appendicular Lean Muscle Mass (ALM) were assessed. Sarcopenia was diagnosed according to EWGSOP2 cut-off points for ALM. Results: Subjects were divided into two groups: Group S-SCI (N = 66, sarcopenia group) and Group NS-SCI (N = 70, without sarcopenia). Mean ALM values in the two groups were 0.49 and 0.65, respectively. A total of 75% of women and 42.9% of men developed sarcopenia. The mean age was 35.8 years in the sarcopenic patients and 41.5 in the non-sarcopenia group. Over 55% of AIS Grades A and B cases, 69.7% of MAS level 0 cases and 51.6% of the patients with osteoporosis had sarcopenia. The mean number of comorbidities was 2.7 in the sarcopenia group. Conclusions: Gender, type of injury, presence of multiple comorbidities and age were directly associated with sarcopenia; meanwhile, surprisingly, spasticity level and the presence of immobilization osteoporosis were not.

Item Type:	Article
Impact Factor Value:	3.9
Uncontrolled Keywords:	spinal cord injury; sarcopenia; immobilization osteoporosis; spasticity
Subjects:	Medical and Health Sciences > Clinical medicine Medical and Health Sciences > Health sciences Medical and Health Sciences > Other medical sciences
Divisions:	Faculty of Medical Science
Depositing User:	Prof. Dance Vasileva
Date Deposited:	05 Feb 2024 09:53
Last Modified:	05 Feb 2024 09:53
URI:	https://eprints.ugd.edu.mk/id/eprint/33403

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