The sarcopenia conundrum: why muscle ultrasound does (or does not) have a future

Stany Perkisas¹, Carly Welch^{2

3}, George Soulis⁴

Affiliations

¹ ZAS/University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium. stany.perkisas@zas.be.
² Department of Twin Research and Genetic Epidemiology, School of Life Course and Population Sciences, Faculty of Life Sciences and Medicine, King's College London, London, SE17EH, UK.
³ Department of Ageing and Health, NHS Foundation Trust, Guy's and St ThomasWestminster Bridge, London, SE17EH, UK.
⁴ Center for Geriatric Assessment, Henry Dunant Hospital Center, Athens, Greece.

Editorial

Stany Perkisas et al. Eur Geriatr Med. 2025.

. 2025 Oct 27.

doi: 10.1007/s41999-025-01335-4. Online ahead of print.

Stany Perkisas¹, Carly Welch^{2

3}, George Soulis⁴

¹ ZAS/University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium. stany.perkisas@zas.be.
² Department of Twin Research and Genetic Epidemiology, School of Life Course and Population Sciences, Faculty of Life Sciences and Medicine, King's College London, London, SE17EH, UK.
³ Department of Ageing and Health, NHS Foundation Trust, Guy's and St ThomasWestminster Bridge, London, SE17EH, UK.
⁴ Center for Geriatric Assessment, Henry Dunant Hospital Center, Athens, Greece.

Erratum in

Publisher Correction: The sarcopenia conundrum: why muscle ultrasound does (or does not) have a future.
Perkisas S, Welch C, Soulis G. Perkisas S, et al. Eur Geriatr Med. 2025 Nov 24. doi: 10.1007/s41999-025-01350-5. Online ahead of print. Eur Geriatr Med. 2025. PMID: 41283938 No abstract available.

No abstract available

Keywords: Compensation method; Confining pressure; Energy evolution; Post-peak granite; Strength recovery; Triaxial test.

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