Monitoring Sarcopenia with Wearable Devices: a Systematic Review Protocol

Overview

Journal BMJ Open

Specialty General Medicine

Date 2023 Jun 21

PMID 37344114

Authors

Marcela Monteiro Pimentel

Whitney Houston Barbosa Dos Santos

Eujessika Katielly Rodrigues

Sabrina Gabrielle Gomes Fernandes

Polyagna Ferreira de Carvalho

Ana Tereza do Nascimento Sales Figueiredo Fernandes

Paulo Eduardo E Silva Barbosa

Alvaro Campos Cavalcanti Maciel

Affiliations

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Abstract

Introduction: Sarcopenia is a highly prevalent muscle dysfunction among older adults and is associated with adverse events. The periodic monitoring enables an early screening of patients at risk and control of the progression of muscle impairment. Wearable devices have been used as clinical support for sarcopenia detection. Therefore, this review aims to identify how wearable devices have been used to screen sarcopenia.

Methods And Analyses: Searches will be conducted from August 2023 on PubMed, CINHAL, Embase, Web of Science and SciELO databases. We will include cross-sectional and/or baseline data from prospective studies reporting the use of wearable devices to investigate sarcopenia. Studies that discuss only the development of algorithms or applications for the assessment of sarcopenia or unavailable full texts will be excluded. The main reviewer will conduct the initial search and exclusion of duplicates, while two independent reviewers will select studies, extract data and assess the methodological quality using the Appraisal tool for Cross-sectional Studies.

Ethics And Dissemination: No previous ethical approval is required for this review. The findings of this review will be submitted to a scientific journal and disclosed at international scientific conferences.

Prospero Registration Number: CRD42022356040.

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