title: [Multispectral bioimpedance and sarcopenia in the elderly].
abstract: The definition of sarcopenia includes both a loss of muscle strength and a decline in functional quality in addition to the loss of muscle protein mass. Multispectral bioimpendance allows bedside assessment of muscle mass. Using this new tool, we performed a pilot study to look for a possible correlation between muscle mass and various tests of muscle strength (grip strength, key-pitch, tip-pinch) and with functional tests (walk speed on 10 meters and Tinetti test). Our study demonstrates a good correlation between muscle mass determined by spectroscopic bioimpendance and muscle strength assessment, but no correlation with functional tests.
authors.affiliation: Centre de traitement et de réadaptation-Riviera, Blonay.
authors.forename: Etienne
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Rivier
authors.forename: Thierry
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Gauthier
authors.forename: Marc-Antoine
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Krieg
authors.forename: Romain
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Cosnier
authors.forename: Isabelle
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Piessevaux
authors.forename: Stéphanie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Preiswerk
authors.forename: Pascal
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Quinet
authors.forename: Nicole
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Yersin
authors.forename: Claire
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Glauser
authors.forename: Pauline
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Lamotte
authors.forename: Elodie
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Renaudin
authors.forename: Sophie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Krieg
authors.forename: Magali
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Blanc
authors.forename: Alexia
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Maspero
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D058266:Dielectric Spectroscopy / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D053580:Muscle Strength / Q000502:physiology; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000378:metabolism; D010865:Pilot Projects; D019095:Point-of-Care Systems; D055948:Sarcopenia / Q000175:diagnosis*