Diagnostic ultrasound estimates of muscle mass and muscle quality discriminate between women with and without sarcopenia

Frontiers in Physiology

Volumn 6, Issue OCT, 2015, Pages

  Ismail, Catheeja ^a,b   Zabal, Johannah ^b,c   Hernandez, Haniel J ^a   Woletz, Paula ^a   Manning, Heather ^d   Teixeira, Carla ^a,e   DiPietro, Loretta ^d   Blackman, Marc R ^a,b,f,g   Harris Love, Michael O ^a,d  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^c MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Body composition; Diagnostic ultrasound; Dual energy X ray absorptiometry; Geriatric assessment; Muscle performance; Muscle strength; Myosteatosis; Sarcopenia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; MORPHOMETRICS; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE MASS; MUSCLE THICKNESS; PILOT STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SARCOPENIA;

EID: 84946555890     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664042X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2015.00302     Document Type: Article

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