Ultrasonographic evaluation of the calf muscle mass and architecture in elderly patients with and without sarcopenia

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 65, Issue , 2016, Pages 218-224

  Kuyumcu, Mehmet Emin ^a   Halil, Meltem ^a   Kara, Özgür ^a   Çuni, Bledjan ^a   Çağlayan, Gökhan ^a   Güven, Serdar ^a   Yeşil, Yusuf ^a   Arik, Güneş ^a   Yavuz, Burcu Balam ^a   Cankurtaran, Mustafa ^a   Özçakar, Levent ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Architecture; Fat; Gastrocnemius; Older adult; Sarcopenia; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; CALF CIRCUMFERENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DERMIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FASCICLE LENGTH; FAT FREE MASS INDEX; FEMALE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; GRIP STRENGTH; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE MASS; MUSCLE THICKNESS; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; PENNATE ANGLE; PREDICTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SARCOPENIA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HAND STRENGTH; IMPEDANCE; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DERMIS; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; FEMALE; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SARCOPENIA; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 84963728937     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: 18726976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2016.04.004     Document Type: Article

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