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This research aims to examine the link between temporal muscle thickness and clinical frailty in patients with severe acute brain injury.

Temporal muscle thickness is associated with clinical frailty in patients with severe acute brain injury

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Prospective observational study assesses frailty via muscle thickness in acute brain injury patients, suggesting new assessment methods.

This research aims to examine the link between temporal muscle thickness and clinical frailty in patients with severe acute brain injury.
Conducted a prospective observational cohort study at a single center.
Enrolled patients with severe acute brain injury who underwent head CT within 48 hours of admission.
Calculated correlations between temporal muscle thickness, clinical frailty scale, and age using Spearman and Pearson coefficients.
Employed multivariable ordinal regression to analyze the relationship between temporal muscle thickness and clinical frailty scale.
Temporal muscle thickness was negatively correlated with clinical frailty scale (ρ = -0.32, p = 0.02).
Temporal muscle thickness was also negatively correlated with age (r = -0.45, p = 0.001).
Clinical frailty scale had a positive correlation with age (ρ = 0.31, p = 0.03).
The relationship between muscle thickness and clinical frailty scale remained significant after adjusting for variables like albumin level and body mass index (OR 0.63, 95%CI 0.40–0.98).
Median values of temporal muscle thickness and clinical frailty scale were similar between the SABI and post-cardiac arrest cohorts, but their distribution shapes differed.

Tam et al. (2026) studied this question.

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