論文種別	原著(症例報告除く)
言語種別	英語
査読の有無	その他(不明)
表題	Associations of muscle thickness and echo intensity with pneumonia onset in patients with severe cerebral palsy: a longitudinal study.
掲載誌名	正式名：Brain & development 略　 称：Brain Dev ISSNコード：18727131/03877604
掲載区分	国外
巻・号・頁	48(4),pp.104571
著者・共著者	Hirotsugu Tajitsu, Yoshihiro Fukumoto, Koichi Minami, Tsuyoshi Asai
発行年月	2026/07
概要	INTRODUCTION/AIMS:Pneumonia onset is associated with decreased muscle mass in patients with severe cerebral palsy (CP). In this longitudinal study, we examined whether ultrasound-derived muscle thickness (MT) and echo intensity (EI) are linked to pneumonia onset in patients with severe CP.METHODS:We included 71 patients with severe CP (45 males, 26 females; mean age 43.3 years) and investigated the association between MT and EI of six muscles (quadriceps, biceps brachii, rectus abdominis, internal oblique [IO], external oblique, and transverse abdominis) and pneumonia onset over a 6-month follow-up.RESULTS:Logistic regression analysis showed that lower MT in the IO was significantly associated with pneumonia development after adjusting for prior pneumonia and other confounders.CONCLUSIONS:These findings suggest that low IO MT may help identify patients with severe CP at risk of pneumonia onset.
DOI	10.1016/j.braindev.2026.104571
PMID	42447647