Intramuscular fat infiltration contributes to impaired muscle function in COPD

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 47, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 1334-1341

  Robles, Priscila Games ^a,b   Sussman, Marshall S ^a   Naraghi, Ali ^a   Brooks, Dina ^a,b   Goldstein, Roger S ^b   White, Lawrence M ^a   Mathur, Sunita ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b WEST PARK HEALTHCARE CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

AND MOBILITY; MRI; MUSCLE QUALITY; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; SPECTROSCOPY

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIPID METABOLISM; MALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; LIPID METABOLISM; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULAR ATROPHY; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE;

EID: 84942275506     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/MSS.0000000000000556     Document Type: Article

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