Ultrasound Measurements of Skeletal Muscle Architecture Are Associated with Strength and Functional Capacity in Older Adults

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 586-594

  Selva Raj, Isaac ^a   Bird, Stephen R ^a   Shield, Anthony J ^b  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Elderly; Functional tests; Isokinetic strength; Muscle architecture; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ARCHITECTURE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; STAIRS; ULTRASONICS;

ELDERLY; FUNCTIONAL CAPACITY; FUNCTIONAL TEST; INDEPENDENT PREDICTORS; ISOKINETIC DYNAMOMETRIES; ISOKINETIC STRENGTH; MUSCLE ARCHITECTURES; ULTRASOUND MEASUREMENT;

MUSCLE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DYNAMOMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; FASCICLE LENGTH; FASCICLE PENNATION ANGLE; FEMALE; GASTROCNEMIUS MEDIALIS MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ISOKINETIC DYNAMOMETRY; ISOMETRIC AND ISOKINETIC CONCENTRIC KNEE EXTENSOR STRENGTH TEST; KNEE; KNEE EXTENSOR STRENGTH; MALE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE THICKNESS; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTION; RECTUS FEMORIS MUSCLE; SIX MINUTE WALK TEST; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STAIR CLIMB TEST; TIMED UP AND GO TEST; ULTRASOUND SCANNER; VASTUS INTERMEDIUS MUSCLE; VASTUS LATERALIS MUSCLE; VERTICAL JUMP TEST; VERY ELDERLY; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; WALKING;

AGED; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; WALKING;

EID: 85008455579     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: 1879291X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2016.11.013     Document Type: Article

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