Muscle volume compared to cross-sectional area is more appropriate for evaluating muscle strength in young and elderly individuals

Age and Ageing

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 564-569

  Akagi, Ryota ^a,b   Takai, Yohei ^c   Ohta, Megumi ^d   Kanehisa, Hiroaki ^e   Kawakami, Yasuo ^b   Fukunaga, Tetsuo ^f  

^a JAPAN SOCIETY FOR THE PROMOTION OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^d KANAZAWA SEIRYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^f NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FITNESS AND SPORTS IN KANOYA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Elderly; Joint torque; Magnetic resonance imaging; Maximal isometric contraction; Muscle force

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELBOW FLEXION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE MASS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TORQUE; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ELBOW JOINT; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; TORQUE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 69449091875     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afp122     Document Type: Article

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