The validity of anthropometric leg muscle volume estimation across a wide spectrum: From able-bodied adults to individuals with a spinal cord injury

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 116, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1142-1147

  Layec, Gwenael ^a,b   Venturelli, Massimo ^a,b,c   Jeong, Eun Kee ^a   Richardson, Russell S ^a,b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b GERIATRIC RESEARCH EDUCATION AND CLINICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrophy; Imaging; Magnetic resonance; Muscle mass; Skeletal muscle

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANTHROPOMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULAR ATROPHY; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; THIGH; VALIDATION STUDY; VERTEBRA;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULAR ATROPHY; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; THIGH; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 84901218498     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.01120.2013     Document Type: Article

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