Association between walking ability and trunk and lower-limb muscle atrophy in institutionalized elderly women: A longitudinal pilot study

Journal of Physiological Anthropology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Ikezoe, Tome ^a   Nakamura, Masatoshi ^b   Shima, Hiroto ^c   Asakawa, Yasuyoshi ^d   Ichihashi, Noriaki ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b DOSHISHA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Takeda Hospital   (Japan)

^d TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aging; Elderly women; Muscle atrophy; Ultrasonography; Walking ability

Indexed keywords

AGED; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MUSCULAR ATROPHY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PILOT STUDY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; VERY ELDERLY; WALKING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULAR ATROPHY; PILOT PROJECTS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; WALKING;

EID: 84940172750     PISSN: 18806791     EISSN: 18806805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s40101-015-0069-z     Document Type: Article

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