Development of an equation to predict muscle volume of elbow flexors for men and women with a wide range of age

European Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 108, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 689-694

  Akagi, Ryota ^a   Takai, Yohei ^b   Kato, Emika ^a   Wakahara, Taku ^a   Ohta, Megumi ^c   Kanehisa, Hiroaki ^d   Fukunaga, Tetsuo ^e   Kawakami, Yasuo ^a  

^a WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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

^c KANAZAWA SEIRYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

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

Author keywords

Gender; Magnetic resonance imaging; Muscle thickness; Upper arm length

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALGORITHM; ANATOMY; ARM; ARTICLE; ELBOW; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; ORGAN SIZE; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; THEORETICAL MODEL; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ALGORITHMS; ANATOMY, CROSS-SECTIONAL; ARM; ELBOW; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; ORGAN SIZE; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77950859450     PISSN: 14396319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00421-009-1269-1     Document Type: Article

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