Clinical Utility of Gait Speed Indices for Identifying Sarcopenia in Older Adults with Type 2 Diabetes
: UGS, MGS, and GSR each exhibit distinct diagnostic characteristics for sarcopenia. UGS may be useful for screening, whereas GSR may help improve specificity. In particular, combining UGS and GSR may provide complementary diagnostic information for identifying sarcopenia in older adults with T2D.
Authors
- Hisashi Sugano
- Shimpei Fujimoto (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9413-0831)
- Kensaku KASHIMA
- Rie Nishimura
Institutions
- University of Kochi (JP)
- CHI Health (US)
- Kochi Medical School Hospital (JP)
- Kochi Rehabilitation Institute (JP)
- Kōchi University (JP)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Geriatrics
- Published
- 2026-04-14
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3390/geriatrics11020046
- Primary Topic
- Nutrition and Health in Aging
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00