Predictive ability of hand-grip strength and muscle mass on functional prognosis in patients rehabilitating from stroke.

Objectives: This study aimed to investigate the association between muscle strength and adjusted appendicular skeletal muscle mass (ASM) in patients who have had strokes with the Functional Independence Measure (FIM) and the probability of being discharged.

Methods: A retrospective cohort study was conducted for older patients who have had strokes admitted to convalescent rehabilitation wards between January 2017 and October 2020. Hand-grip strength (HGS) was used to assess muscle strength.

Prevalence and Associated Factors of Coexistence of Malnutrition and Sarcopenia in Geriatric Rehabilitation.

Malnutrition and sarcopenia often coexist in rehabilitation patients, although they are often overlooked and undertreated in clinical practice. This cross-sectional study aimed to clarify the prevalence of the coexistence of malnutrition and sarcopenia (Co-MS) and its associated factors in convalescent rehabilitation wards in Japan. Consecutive patients aged ≥ 65 years in convalescent rehabilitation wards between November 2018 and October 2020 were included.

Effect of Improvement in Sarcopenia on Functional and Discharge Outcomes in Stroke Rehabilitation Patients.

This cross-sectional study investigated the proportion of patients' recovery from sarcopenia status and the relationship between improvement in sarcopenia (IS) and function and discharge outcome in hospitalized patients with stroke. This study included patients with stroke, aged 65 years or more, with a diagnosis of sarcopenia, who were admitted to a convalescent rehabilitation ward. Sarcopenia was diagnosed according to the Asian Working Group for Sarcopenia 2019 criteria.

Validity of calf circumference for estimating skeletal muscle mass for Asian patients after stroke.

Objectives: The aims of this study was to determine the optimal cutoff values of non-paretic calf circumference (CC) that are indicative of low skeletal muscle mass and examine the association between a low CC and rehabilitation outcomes.

Methods: This was a retrospective cohort study that included 628 patients in convalescent rehabilitation wards in Japan. Patients in post-stroke rehabilitation who were ≥20 y of age were included.

Sarcopenic Obesity and Activities of Daily Living in Stroke Rehabilitation Patients: A Cross-Sectional Study.

Reports investigating the relationship between sarcopenic obesity and activities of daily living in older patients with stroke were limited. This study aimed to examine the prevalence of sarcopenic obesity and its association with activities of daily living in older post-stroke patients in convalescent rehabilitation wards. This study was performed in older post-stroke patients admitted to convalescent rehabilitation wards between January 2017 and March 2019.

Sarcopenia as a predictor of activities of daily living capability in stroke patients undergoing rehabilitation.

Aim: The aim of the present study was to clarify the relationship between sarcopenia, as defined by the European Working Group on Sarcopenia in Older People, and the recovery of the capability to carry out activities of daily living in convalescent stroke patients who completed a rehabilitation program.

Methods: This retrospective study included consecutive stroke patients admitted to convalescent rehabilitation wards. To determine which patients had sarcopenia, we used the European Working Group on Sarcopenia in Older People criteria.

Severely Decreased Muscle Mass among Older Patients Hospitalized in a Long-Term Care Ward in Japan.

Sarcopenia is known to increase the risk of adverse outcomes, including disability, loss of independence, hospitalization, longer length of hospital stay, and mortality, but there is little data about the prevalence of sarcopenia and the factors associated with increased physical dependency and cognitive decline among older patients hospitalized in a long-term care (LTC) ward in Japan. A cross-sectional study was conducted in 79 consecutive patients (34 men, 45 women) with a median age of 81 y hospitalized in an LTC hospital. Sarcopenia was defined according to the recommended algorithm of the Asian Working Group for Sarcopenia.