Rectus femoris cross-sectional area and muscle layer thickness: Comparative markers of muscle wasting and weakness

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 195, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 136-138

  Puthucheary, Zudin A ^a   McNelly, Angela S ^a   Rawal, Jai ^a   Connolly, Bronwen ^b   Sidhu, Paul S ^c   Rowlerson, Anthea ^c   Moxham, John ^c   Harridge, Stephen D ^c   Hart, Nicholas ^b   Montgomery, Hugh E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c KING'S COLLEGE HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSISTED VENTILATION; B SCAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; LETTER; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUSCLE LAYER THICKNESS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE THICKNESS; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA RATIO; RECTUS FEMORIS CROSS SECTIONAL AREA; RECTUS FEMORIS MUSCLE; VASTUS LATERALIS MUSCLE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULAR ATROPHY; QUADRICEPS MUSCLE;

EID: 85008700660     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: 15354970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201604-0875LE     Document Type: Letter

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