Is the use of ultrasound-derived prediction equations for adults useful for estimating total and regional skeletal muscle mass in Japanese children?

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 72-78

  Midorikawa, Taishi ^a   Sanada, Kiyoshi ^a   Yoshitomi, Aiko ^b   Abe, Takashi ^b,c  

^a WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Children; Magnetic resonance imaging; Prediction equations; Skeletal muscle mass; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL MUSCULATURE; ADOLESCENT; ANKLE; ARM MUSCLE; ARTICLE; B SCAN; CERVICAL SPINE; FEMALE; FOREARM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; JAPANESE; LEG MUSCLE; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MUSCLE MASS; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREDICTION; PREPUBERTY; RELIABILITY; SCAPULA; SCHOOL CHILD; SKELETAL MUSCLE; VOLUNTEER;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; AGING; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; ORGAN SIZE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 57349137179     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S000711450899440X     Document Type: Article

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