Use of diagnostic ultrasound for assessing muscle size

Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 103-108

  Bemben, Michael G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Muscle cross sectional area; Muscle size assessment; Soft tissue imaging; Technology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; B SCAN; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DEVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE MASS; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTMENOPAUSE; RECTUS FEMORIS MUSCLE; RELIABILITY; TRANSDUCER;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANATOMY, CROSS-SECTIONAL; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; POSTMENOPAUSE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; THIGH;

EID: 0036335149     PISSN: 10648011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1519/1533-4287(2002)016<0103:UODUFA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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