Loss of skeletal muscle mass after stroke: A systematic review

International Journal of Stroke

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 395-402

  English, Coralie ^a   McLennan, Holly ^a   Thoirs, Kerry ^a   Coates, Alison ^a   Bernhardt, Julie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b FLOREY INSTITUTE OF NEUROSCIENCE AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Muscle mass; Sarcopaenia; Stroke; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE MASS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STROKE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

HUMANS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULAR ATROPHY; PARESIS; STROKE;

EID: 77956240382     PISSN: 17474930     EISSN: 17474949     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-4949.2010.00467.x     Document Type: Review

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