Ultrasound-Derived Anterior Thigh Muscle Thickness as a Marker of Physical Frailty in Geriatric Outpatients
Ultrasound-derived ATMT offers a simple, radiation-free, and objective method for frailty screening, showing stronger discriminative ability in men and moderate accuracy in women. It may be used as a practical screening measure in combination with other geriatric assessment tools in outpatient settings.
Authors
- Nermin Karakurt (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5611-5884)
- Eda Çeker (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2698-5242)
- Ayşe Fadıloğlu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0249-7677)
- Esra Cataltepe
- Zekeriya Ulger
- Fatih Gungor
- Hacer Dogan Varan
Institutions
- Gazi University (TR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Gerontology
- Published
- 2026-01-22
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1159/000550595
- Primary Topic
- Frailty in Older Adults
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00