Association of muscle mass and quality with functional decline in older patients with pneumonia: single-center retrospective observational study in Japan
The overlap of muscle mass and muscle quality loss in older patients with pneumonia markedly affects their ADL performance.
Authors
- Yūichi Murakawa
- Akira Tamaki (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4155-9380)
- M Naide
- Tatsuma Hori
- Ryota Matsuzawa
- Koji Fujishima
- Tomoya Ishii
- Shinjiro Miyazaki
Institutions
- Hyogo University of Health Sciences (JP)
- University of Hyogo (JP)
- National Hospital Organization Takamatsu Medical Center (JP)
- Kashiwa Municipal Hospital (JP)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Pulmonary Medicine
- Published
- 2026-01-28
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12890-026-04142-0
- Primary Topic
- Dysphagia Assessment and Management
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00