CONCLUSIONS:
In our study, where the rate of sarcopenia was found to be approximately 12% in patients with osteoarthritis, it is found that sarcopenic OA patients were older, weaker, less powerful, undernourished and limited in physical activity..Although the relationship between sarcopenia and OA cannot be fully explained, clinicians should be aware of the risk of developing sarcopenia in patients with OA, guide their patients to increase their physical activity, and provide nutrition and vitamin D support to increase their muscle mass.
It will be an important step to have low cost and easily accesible sarcopenia diagnostic with relatively simple methods. Our study is important in terms of showing the changes in the muscular structures of sarcopenic patients and showing that muscle ultrasound can be considered as a cheaper and faster method than other gold standard methods in the diagnosis of sarcopenia. However, this view should be supported by further studies involving more patients and the parameters related to sarcopenia which should be determined clearly. Since the relationof OA, which is considered to be the most common joint disease, with sarcopenia is emphasized, It is believed that our study will increase awareness in this direction.