Association Between Forearm Muscle Thickness and Age-related Loss of Skeletal Muscle Mass, Handgrip and Knee Extension Strength and Walking Performance in Old Men and Women: A Pilot Study

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 2069-2075

  Abe, Takashi ^a,b   Thiebaud, Robert S ^c   Loenneke, Jeremy P ^c   Ogawa, Madoka ^b   Mitsukawa, Naotoshi ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Toyo Gakuen University   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; B mode ultrasound; Gait speed; Knee extension strength; Sarcopenia

Indexed keywords

AGING OF MATERIALS; ULTRASONICS;

GAIT SPEED; KNEE EXTENSION; LOWER EXTREMITY; MUSCLE THICKNESS; PILOT STUDIES; PREDICTION EQUATIONS; SARCOPENIA; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

MUSCLE;

AGED; AGING; ARM CIRCUMFERENCE; ARTICLE; B SCAN; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOREARM; GRIP STRENGTH; HUMAN; JAPANESE (PEOPLE); KNEE EXTENSION STRENGTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE MASS; MUSCLE THICKNESS; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIUS; SARCOPENIA; ULNA; VERY ELDERLY; WALKING; WALKING SPEED; AGE; BODY COMPOSITION; ECHOGRAPHY; HAND STRENGTH; JAPAN; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; KNEE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PHYSIOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BODY COMPOSITION; FEMALE; FOREARM; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; JAPAN; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SEX FACTORS; WALKING;

EID: 84905593377     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: 1879291X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2014.05.003     Document Type: Article

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