Letter to the Editor concerning “Analysis of skeletal muscle mass in women over 40 with degenerative lumbar scoliosis” by Eguchi Y, et al. (Eur Spine J; 2018: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00586-018-5845-0)

[摘要] We have read the article entitled “Analysis of skeletal muscle mass in women over 40 with degenerative lumbar scoliosis” by Eguchi and colleagues [1]. They investigated sarcopenia in both degenerative lumbar scoliosis (DLS) and healthy subjects among middle-aged and elderly female patients over 40 years old. The present study is particularly important as there are few studies that have explored the involvement of sarcopenia in the development of DLS. However, we would like to take an attention on some methodological points.