Anterior thigh composition measured using ultrasound imaging to quantify relative thickness of muscle and non-contractile tissue: A potential biomarker for musculoskeletal health

Physiological Measurement

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 2165-2176

  Agyapong Badu, Sandra ^a   Warner, Martin ^a,c   Samuel, Dinesh ^a   Narici, Marco ^b,c   Cooper, Cyrus ^a,c   Stokes, Maria ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c Nottingham Biomedical Research Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ageing; thigh composition; ultrasound imaging

Indexed keywords

HEALTH RISKS; MUSCLE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EFFECT OF AGEING; MUSCLE THICKNESS; OLDER FEMALE; PEARSON COEFFICIENT; RELATIVE THICKNESS; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; T-TESTS; THIGH COMPOSITION; TISSUE THICKNESS; ULTRASOUND IMAGING;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; BODY COMPOSITION; CYTOLOGY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; REPRODUCIBILITY; THIGH; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOMARKERS; BODY COMPOSITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUADRICEPS MUSCLE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; THIGH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84907890986     PISSN: 09673334     EISSN: 13616579     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0967-3334/35/10/2165     Document Type: Article

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