Easy surveillance of muscle volume decline in chronic liver disease patients using finger-circle (yubi-wakka) test.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Muscle atrophy (MA) and muscle strength decline are important clinical features in chronic liver disease (CLD) patients. An easy to perform MA screening method without need for special equipment would be helpful. We evaluated the usefulness of the previously reported finger-circle test as screening for MA in CLD patients.

Methods

We retrospectively enrolled 358 Japanese CLD outpatients (70.8 ± 10.2 years, male/female = 234/124) who had undergone a computed tomography examination from December 2017 to March 2018, of whom 137 had chronic hepatitis, 169 had liver cirrhosis Child-Pugh A, and 52 had liver cirrhosis Child-Pugh B/C. Bilateral psoas muscle area at the middle of the third lumber vertebra (L3) was evaluated with computed tomography findings, which was perfo

SUBMITTER: Hiraoka A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6463463 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature