Correlation between single-slice muscle anatomical cross-sectional area and muscle volume in thigh extensors, flexors and adductors of perimenopausal women

European Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 91-97

  Cotofana, S ^c   Hudelmaier, M ^a   Wirth, W ^a   Himmer, M ^a   Ring Dimitriou, S ^b   Sanger A M ^b   Eckstein, F ^a  

^a PARACELSUS MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

^c University of Salzburg ^*

Author keywords

Anatomical cross sectional area; MR imaging; Muscle volume

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLIMACTERIUM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORGAN SIZE; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; THIGH; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ORGAN SIZE; PERIMENOPAUSE; QUADRICEPS MUSCLE; THIGH;

EID: 77956612032     PISSN: 14396319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00421-010-1477-8     Document Type: Article

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