Bioelectrical impedance vector analysis as an auxiliary method in diagnosing of sarcopenia among hospitalized older patients – a preliminary report

Conclusions BIVA is a valuable tool that may be used as an auxiliary method to verify the prevalence of sarcopenia among older women. Mismatched women were characterized with BIVA parameters similar to that of nonsarcopenic women and clearly different from BIVA parameters of their sarcopenic peers. Due to the small number of nonsarcopenic men in our sample further studies are required to verify if this method may also be an additional assessment tool for men.
Source: European Geriatric Medicine - Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research