Prevalence of sarcopenia and its association with dysphagia in cancer patients who require rehabilitation
Hidetaka Wakabayashi, Rimiko Takahashi, Naoko Watanabe, Hideyuki Oritsu, Yoshitaka Shimizu
Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Yokohama City University Medical Center, Yokohama City, 232-0024, Japan. E-mail: noventurenoglory@gmail.com
DOI: 10.2340/16501977-2253
Lay Abstract
Sarcopenia is a progressive and generalized loss of skeletal muscle mass and strength. Sarcopenia is associated with poor rehabilitation outcome. We studied the prevalence of sarcopenia and its association with dysphagia in cancer rehabilitation. 80% of cancer patients were diagnosed with sarcopenia. Sarcopenia was possibly associated with dysphagia; however, it was not statistically significant. Sarcopenia is very common in cancer patients. Therefore, sarcopenia should be assessed in all cancer patients. Rehabilitation nutrition for sarcopenia is useful for eliciting maximum function.
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