Influences of age and sex on abdominal muscle and subcutaneous fat thickness

European Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 91, Issue 5-6, 2004, Pages 534-537

  Kanehisa, Hiroaki ^a   Miyatani, Masae ^a   Azuma, Kazumi ^b   Kuno, Shinya ^c   Fukunaga, Tetsuo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aging; Rectus abdominis muscle; Ultrasonography; Waist circumference

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL MUSCULATURE; ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; B SCAN; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCLE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; THICKNESS;

ABDOMINAL MUSCLES; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; BODY COMPOSITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SKIN;

EID: 2442619079     PISSN: 14396319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00421-003-1034-9     Document Type: Article

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