How the COVID-19 Pandemic Affected Attendance at a Tertiary Orthopedic Center Emergency Department: A Comparison between the First and Second Waves.

Italy was the first European country to face the SARS-CoV-2 virus (COVID-19) pandemic in 2020. The country quickly implemented strategies to contain contagions and re-organize medical resources. We evaluated the COVID-19 effects on the activity of a tertiary-level orthopedic emergency department (ED) during the first and second pandemic waves.

MRI-Derived Biomarkers Related to Sarcopenia: A Systematic Review.

Background: MRI allows quantitatively assessing muscle quantity and quality.

Purpose: To summarize the role of MRI as a noninvasive technique for the identification of in vivo surrogate biomarker of sarcopenia.

Study Type: Systematic review.