Transgender women in the female category of sport: perspectives on testosterone suppression and performance advantage

EN Hilton, TR Lundberg - Sports Medicine, 2021 - Springer
Males enjoy physical performance advantages over females within competitive sport. The
sex-based segregation into male and female sporting categories does not account for …

[HTML][HTML] Sarcopenia in the older adult with cancer

GR Williams, RF Dunne, S Giri… - Journal of Clinical …, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The term sarcopenia, derived from the Greek words sarx for flesh and penia for loss, was first
introduced by Rosenberg 1 in 1989 to describe the loss of muscle mass that accompanies …

Skeletal muscle cutoff values for sarcopenia diagnosis using T10 to L5 measurements in a healthy US population

BA Derstine, SA Holcombe, BE Ross, NC Wang… - Scientific reports, 2018 - nature.com
Measurements of skeletal muscle cross-sectional area, index, and radiation attenuation
utilizing clinical computed tomography (CT) scans are used in assessments of sarcopenia …

Myosteatosis and prognosis in cancer: systematic review and meta-analysis

GFP Aleixo, SS Shachar, KA Nyrop, HB Muss… - Critical reviews in …, 2020 - Elsevier
Background The evidence that body composition parameters influence multiple cancer
outcomes is rapidly expanding. Excess adiposity deposits in muscle tissue, termed …

Updated systematic review and meta-analysis on diagnostic issues and the prognostic impact of myosteatosis: a new paradigm beyond sarcopenia

H Ahn, DW Kim, Y Ko, J Ha, YB Shin, J Lee… - Ageing Research …, 2021 - Elsevier
Myosteatosis, which is excessive fat infiltration in the skeletal muscle, is now considered a
distinct disease from sarcopenia. Advances in imaging technique have made muscle …

Association of low muscle mass and low muscle radiodensity with morbidity and mortality for colon cancer surgery

J Xiao, BJ Caan, EMC Feliciano, JA Meyerhardt… - JAMA …, 2020 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Given the risks of postoperative morbidity and its consequent economic burden
and impairment to patients undergoing colon resection, evaluating risk factors associated …

Implications of low muscle mass across the continuum of care: a narrative review

CM Prado, SA Purcell, C Alish, SL Pereira… - Annals of …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Abnormalities in body composition can occur at any body weight. Low muscle mass is a
predictor of poor morbidity and mortality and occurs in several populations. This narrative …

Current technologies in body composition assessment: advantages and disadvantages

GD Ceniccola, MG Castro, SMF Piovacari, LM Horie… - Nutrition, 2019 - Elsevier
The interest in non-invasive methods of body composition assessment is on the rise in
health care, especially because of its association with clinical outcomes. Technology has …

Computed tomography‐defined low skeletal muscle index and density in cancer patients: observations from a systematic review

J McGovern, RD Dolan, PG Horgan… - Journal of cachexia …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Background Computed tomography (CT) analysis of body composition has garnered interest
as a potential prognostic tool in those with cancer. A range of pre‐defined thresholds …

[HTML][HTML] Sarcopenia in cancer: risking more than muscle loss

M Anjanappa, M Corden, A Green, D Roberts… - Technical innovations & …, 2020 - Elsevier
Sarcopenia is characterised by progressive and extensive skeletal muscle degeneration
and is associated with functional decline. Sarcopenia has primary and secondary aetiology …