2025 Volume 4 Issue 2 Pages 134-142
Objective: The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between frailty, sarcopenia, and site-specific body of muscle mass in elderly female patients.
Methods: The subject sample included 54 elderly female patients with musculoskeletal disorders who were discharged from a comprehensive community-based care wards and who were ≧65 years old. Using a kihon checklist to evaluate frailty, the patients were classified into the non-frail group with a total score of 7 points or less and the frail group with a total score of 8 points or more. In addition to muscle thickness in four parts of the body, as well as SARC-F as an assessment of sarcopenia, grip strength, and Barthel Index (BI) were measured. Statistical analysis was performed via multiple regression analysis using the stepwise method to elucidate factors associated with the total kihon checklist score, sarcopenia, and site-specific body of muscle mass.
Results: The frail group scored higher than the non-frail group on instrumental and social activities of daily living, physical function, oral function, housebound, cognitive function, and depressed mood. In addition, the total kihon checklist score was significantly associated with SARC-F scores and the muscle mass of the posterior lower legs.
Conclusion: It was suggested that the group of elderly female frail patients was associated with the possibility of sarcopenia and loss of the muscle mass of the posterior lower legs.
