Age and gender-dependent values of skeletal muscle mass in healthy children and adolescents

Journal of Cachexia, Sarcopenia and Muscle

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 25-29

  Webber, Colin E ^a   Barr, Ronald D ^b  

^a Hamilton Health Sciences ^*  (Canada)

^b MCMASTER CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Normal range; Reproducibility; Skeletal muscle mass; Whole body scan; X ray based dual photon absorptiometry

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MUSCLE GROWTH; MUSCLE MASS; NORMAL HUMAN; PHOTON ABSORPTIOMETRY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

EID: 84866556013     PISSN: 21905991     EISSN: 21906009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13539-011-0042-6     Document Type: Article

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