Easy surveillance of muscle volume decline in chronic liver disease patients using finger‐circle (yubi‐wakka) test

• Main Authors: Atsushi Hiraoka (Author), Hirofumi Izumoto (Author), Hidetaro Ueki (Author), Takeaki Yoshino (Author), Toshihiko Aibiki (Author), Tomonari Okudaira (Author), Hiroka Yamago (Author), Yoshifumi Suga (Author), Ryuichiro Iwasaki (Author), Hideomi Tomida (Author), Kenichiro Mori (Author), Hideki Miyata (Author), Eiji Tsubouchi (Author), Masato Kishida (Author), Tomoyuki Ninomiya (Author), Masashi Hirooka (Author), Masanori Abe (Author), Bunzo Matsuura (Author), Yoichi Hiasa (Author), Kojiro Michitaka (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wiley, 2019-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
• Online Access: Connect to this object online.

Abstract Background Muscle atrophy (MA) and muscle strength decline are important clinical features in chronic liver disease (CLD) patients. An easy to perform MA screening method without need for special equipment would be helpful. We evaluated the usefulness of the previously reported finger‐circl...