Estimation of thigh muscle and adipose tissue volume using magnetic resonance imaging and anthropometry

Journal of Sports Sciences

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 563-576

  Tothill, Peter ^a   Stewart, Arthur D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anthropometry; Magnetic resonance imaging; Muscle volume estimation; Regional body composition; Thigh

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BODY COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; FEMALE; FITNESS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEG; MALE; MODEL; MUSCLE MASS; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBESITY; PREDICTION; REPRODUCIBILITY; SKINFOLD; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; THIGH; VALIDATION PROCESS; HISTOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY COMPOSITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; THIGH; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0035996381     PISSN: 02640414     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/026404102760000062     Document Type: Article

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