Upper and lower limb muscle atrophy in critically ill patients: an observational ultrasonography study

Affiliations

• ¹ Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Tokushima University Hospital, 2-50-1 Kuramoto, Tokushima, 770-8503, Japan.
• ² Emergency and Disaster Medicine, Tokushima University Hospital, 2-50-1 Kuramoto, Tokushima, 770-8503, Japan.
• ³ Department of Nutrition and Metabolism, Tokushima University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, 3-18-15 Kuramoto, Tokushima, 770-8503, Japan.
• ⁴ Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Tokushima University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, 3-18-15 Kuramoto, Tokushima, 770-8503, Japan.
• ⁵ Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Tokushima University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, 3-18-15 Kuramoto, Tokushima, 770-8503, Japan. nmasaji@tokushima-u.ac.jp.