Toward a sex-specific relationship between muscle strength and appendicular lean body mass index?

Journal of Cachexia, Sarcopenia and Muscle

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 137-144

  Barbat Artigas, Sébastien ^a,b   Plouffe, Stéphanie ^a   Pion, Charlotte H ^a,b   Aubertin Leheudre, Mylène ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b CENTRE DE RECHERCHE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Muscle mass; Muscle strength; Older adults; Sarcopenia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; FOREARM; GRIP STRENGTH; HAND GRIP; HUMAN; KNEE EXTENSION STRENGTH; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOPENIA;

EID: 84879204649     PISSN: 21905991     EISSN: 21906009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13539-012-0100-8     Document Type: Article

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