Relationship between quadriceps echo intensity and functional and morphological characteristics in older men and women

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 70, Issue , 2017, Pages 105-111

  Akima, Hiroshi ^a   Yoshiko, Akito ^b   Tomita, Aya ^a   Ando, Ryosuke ^a,c   Saito, Akira ^d   Ogawa, Madoka ^a,c   Kondo, Shohei ^a   Tanaka, Noriko I ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c JAPAN SOCIETY FOR THE PROMOTION OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

^d WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Functional ability; Intramuscular adipose tissue; Muscle thickness

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; ECHO INTENSITY; ECHOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE THICKNESS; NORMAL HUMAN; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIT TO STAND TEST; SITTING; SIX MINUTE WALK TEST; STANDING; SUPINE POSITION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; SEX FACTOR; VERY ELDERLY;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUADRICEPS MUSCLE; SEX FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 85010219829     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: 18726976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2017.01.014     Document Type: Article

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