Frequency analysis of ultrasonic echo intensities of the skeletal muscle in elderly and young individuals

Clinical Interventions in Aging

Volumn 9, Issue , 2014, Pages 1471-1478

  Nishihara, Ken ^a   Kawai, Hisashi ^b   Hayashi, Hiroyuki ^a   Naruse, Hideo ^c   Kimura, Akihiko ^c   Gomi, Toshiaki ^c   Hoshi, Fumihiko ^a  

^a SAITAMA PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology   (Japan)

^c TOKYO ARIAKE UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Echo intensity; Elderly individual; Frequency analysis; Motor function; Muscle strength; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; ENTROPY; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; KNEE EXTENSION; KNEE FUNCTION; LEG MUSCLE; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE QUALITY; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE THICKNESS; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NORMAL HUMAN; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; RECTUS FEMORIS MUSCLE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; VASTUS INTERMEDIUS MUSCLE; WALKING; YOUNG ADULT; AGING; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; ULTRASOUND;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ULTRASONICS;

EID: 84907481132     PISSN: 11769092     EISSN: 11781998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/CIA.S67820     Document Type: Article

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