Echo intensity independently predicts functionality in sedentary older men

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 9-15

  Lopez, Pedro ^a   Wilhelm, Eurico Nestor ^b   Rech, Anderson ^a   Minozzo, Felipe ^a   Radaelli, Regis ^a   Pinto, Ronei Silveira ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

aging; functionality; muscle quality; muscular performance; ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE ECHO INTENSITY; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE THICKNESS; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; TORQUE; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BODY POSITION; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FEMALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AGED; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE STRENGTH; POSTURE; QUADRICEPS MUSCLE; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; TORQUE;

EID: 84995902459     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: 10974598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.25168     Document Type: Article

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