Masashi Taniguchi1, Yoshihiro Fukumoto2,3, Masahide Yagi2, Momoko Yamagata2,4, Masashi Kobayashi5, Yosuke Yamada6, Misaka Kimura7, Noriaki Ichihashi2. 1. Human Health Sciences, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, 53-Kawahara-cho, Shogoin, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, 606-8507, Japan. taniguchi.masashi.7a@kyoto-u.ac.jp. 2. Human Health Sciences, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, 53-Kawahara-cho, Shogoin, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, 606-8507, Japan. 3. Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Kansai Medical University, Hirakata, Japan. 4. Graduate School of Human Development and Environment, Kobe University, Kobe, Japan. 5. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kobayashi Hospital, Kyoto, Japan. 6. National Institute of Health and Nutrition, National Institutes of Biomedical Innovation, Health and Nutrition, Tokyo, Japan. 7. Graduate School of Nursing, Doshisha Women's College of Liberal Arts, Kyotanabe, Japan.
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: Enhanced muscle echo intensity (EI) with ultrasound imaging and a higher extracellular water-to-intracellular water (ECW/ICW) ratio with segmental-bioelectrical impedance spectroscopy (S-BIS) represent muscle quality loss. This study aimed to clarify quadriceps muscle degeneration characteristics, focusing on muscle quality changes in patients with knee osteoarthritis (OA). METHOD: Forty-one women with knee OA (mean age, 71.4±6.0 years) and 27 healthy women (mean age, 75.6±4.9 years) participated. Ultrasonography was used to evaluate the muscle thickness (MT) and the EI of each quadriceps compartment. The ECW/ICW ratio was obtained by S-BIS. MT, EI, and ECW/ICW ratio differences between the two groups were tested using univariate analysis of variance, adjusting for age and body mass index. Logistic regression analyses were performed with the group as the dependent variable, and the MT and EI of the vastus medialis (VM) and the ECW/ICW ratio as independent variables. RESULTS: Patients with knee OA had a significant decrease in VM MT, enhanced VM, and vastus intermedius EIs and a higher ECW/ICW ratio compared with healthy participants. Logistic regression analysis showed that the VM EI (odds ratio [OR], 1.19; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.06-1.35) and the ECW/ICW ratio were independently associated with knee OA (OR, 1.19; 95% CI, 1.00-1.42). CONCLUSIONS: VM EI and the ECW/ICW ratio, rather than VM MT, characterised quadriceps muscle degeneration in patients with knee OA. Therefore, enhanced EI and a higher ECW/ICW ratio are helpful clinical signs for detecting muscle degeneration in patients with knee OA. Key Points •Echo intensity (EI) of the vastus medialis and the extracellular-to-intracellular water (ECW/ICW) ratio significantly increased in patients with knee osteoarthritis OA). •Enhanced EI and a higher ECW/ICW ratio are useful clinical signs for detecting muscle degeneration in patients with knee OA.
OBJECTIVES: Enhanced muscle echo intensity (EI) with ultrasound imaging and a higher extracellular water-to-intracellular water (ECW/ICW) ratio with segmental-bioelectrical impedance spectroscopy (S-BIS) represent muscle quality loss. This study aimed to clarify quadriceps muscle degeneration characteristics, focusing on muscle quality changes in patients with knee osteoarthritis (OA). METHOD: Forty-one women with knee OA (mean age, 71.4±6.0 years) and 27 healthy women (mean age, 75.6±4.9 years) participated. Ultrasonography was used to evaluate the muscle thickness (MT) and the EI of each quadriceps compartment. The ECW/ICW ratio was obtained by S-BIS. MT, EI, and ECW/ICW ratio differences between the two groups were tested using univariate analysis of variance, adjusting for age and body mass index. Logistic regression analyses were performed with the group as the dependent variable, and the MT and EI of the vastus medialis (VM) and the ECW/ICW ratio as independent variables. RESULTS:Patients with knee OA had a significant decrease in VM MT, enhanced VM, and vastus intermedius EIs and a higher ECW/ICW ratio compared with healthy participants. Logistic regression analysis showed that the VM EI (odds ratio [OR], 1.19; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.06-1.35) and the ECW/ICW ratio were independently associated with knee OA (OR, 1.19; 95% CI, 1.00-1.42). CONCLUSIONS: VM EI and the ECW/ICW ratio, rather than VM MT, characterised quadriceps muscle degeneration in patients with knee OA. Therefore, enhanced EI and a higher ECW/ICW ratio are helpful clinical signs for detecting muscle degeneration in patients with knee OA. Key Points •Echo intensity (EI) of the vastus medialis and the extracellular-to-intracellular water (ECW/ICW) ratio significantly increased in patients with knee osteoarthritis OA). •Enhanced EI and a higher ECW/ICW ratio are useful clinical signs for detecting muscle degeneration in patients with knee OA.
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