The role of DXA in sarcopenia

Aging Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 1047-1060

  Guglielmi, Giuseppe ^a,b   Ponti, Federico ^c,d   Agostini, Margherita ^c   Amadori, Michele ^c   Battista, Giuseppe ^c   Bazzocchi, Alberto ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FOGGIA   (Italy)

^b CASA SOLLIEVO DELLA SOFFERENZA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^d RIZZOLI ORTHOPAEDIC INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Absorptiometry; Aging; Body composition; Diagnosis; Muscle; Photon; Sarcopenia

Indexed keywords

BODY COMPOSITION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW; SARCOPENIA; AGED; AGING; BONE DENSITY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHOTON ABSORPTIOMETRY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; AGED; AGING; BODY COMPOSITION; BONE DENSITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SARCOPENIA;

EID: 84973120845     PISSN: 15940667     EISSN: 17208319     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40520-016-0589-3     Document Type: Review

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