Age-related changes in the thickness of the deep and superficial abdominal muscles in women

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Ota, Megumi ^a,b   Ikezoe, Tome ^c   Kaneoka, Koji ^a   Ichihashi, Noriaki ^c  

^a WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Tokyo Eisei Gakuen College   (Japan)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Abdominal muscles; Aging; Muscle atrophy; Muscle thickness; Ultrasound imaging

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL MUSCULATURE; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTERNAL OBLIQUE MUSCLE; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERNAL OBLIQUE MUSCLE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE THICKNESS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCLE; THICKNESS; TRANSVERSE ABDOMINIS; ULTRASOUND; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ABDOMINAL MUSCLES; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCULAR ATROPHY; ORGAN SIZE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864915616     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: 18726976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2012.03.007     Document Type: Article

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