Rectus femoris (RF) ultrasound for the assessment of muscle mass in older people

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 33-38

  Berger, Juan ^a   Bunout, Daniel ^a   Barrera, Gladys ^a   de la Maza, María Pía ^a   Henriquez, Sandra ^a   Leiva, Laura ^a   Hirsch, Sandra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Rectus femoris; Sarcopenia; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY DENSITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; MALE; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE MASS; MUSCLE THICKNESS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRICEPS ISOMETRIC STRENGTH; REAL TIME ULTRASOUND SCANNER; RECTUS FEMORIS MUSCLE; RELIABILITY; WALKING; BODY COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PHOTON ABSORPTIOMETRY; PHYSIOLOGY; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; AGED; BODY COMPOSITION; FEMALE; HEALTHY VOLUNTEERS; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; QUADRICEPS MUSCLE; WALKING;

EID: 84931567437     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: 18726976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2015.03.006     Document Type: Article

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