Background Patients with critical illness can lose more than 15% of muscle mass in one
week, and this can have long-term detrimental effects. However, there is currently no …

Aims This sco** review aimed to identify, explore, and map the objectives, methodological
aspects, and results of studies that used ultrasound (US) to assess skeletal muscle (SM) in …

Background Although the combination of rehabilitation and nutrition may be important for the
prevention of intensive care unit (ICU)-acquired weakness, a protocolized intervention of this …

The awareness of the presence and consequences of sarcopenia has significantly
increased over the past decade. Sarcopenia is defined as gradual loss of muscle mass and …

Skeletal muscle size is an important factor in assessing adaptation to exercise training and
detraining, athletic performance, age-associated atrophy and mobility decline, clinical …

Background Lower limb muscle atrophy is often observed in critically ill patients. Although
upper limb muscles can undergo atrophy, it remains unclear how this atrophy is associated …

Objectives Muscle mass at admission is important to survive stroke, and stroke-induced
sarcopenia is a serious problem because of its poor prognosis. Muscle mass measurement …

Background and Objectives: Intensive care unit-acquired weakness (ICU-AW) is one of the
most frequent neuromuscular complications in critically ill patients. We conducted a global …

With the development of intensive care medicine and the standardization of various
therapeutic guidelines and education systems, mortality rates in critically ill patients have …

Titin is a giant protein that functions as a molecular spring in sarcomeres. Titin interconnects
the contraction of actin-containing thin filaments and myosin-containing thick filaments. Titin …