Publications by authors named "Ryohei Takemura"
Association between sarcopenia and urinary dysfunction in patients with dysphagia.
Arch Gerontol Geriatr
December 2024
Article Synopsis
- The study aimed to explore the link between sarcopenia (muscle loss) and urinary issues in older patients with difficulty swallowing (dysphagia) using data from 460 Japanese participants.
- Results indicated that urinary dysfunction was not linked to sarcopenia itself but showed significant relationships with calf circumference, handgrip strength, and the Barthel Index (a measure of daily living activities).
- The study concluded that while sarcopenia did not correlate with urinary dysfunction, handgrip strength and the Barthel Index were important factors associated with it.
Sarcopenic dysphagia is characterized by weakness of swallowing-related muscles associated with whole-body sarcopenia. As the number of patients with sarcopenia increases with the aging of the world, the number of patients with sarcopenic dysphagia is also increasing. The prevalence of sarcopenic dysphagia is high in the institutionalized older people and in patients hospitalized for pneumonia with dysphagia in acute care hospitals.
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