Measurement of muscle mass in sarcopenia: from imaging to biochemical markers

Aging Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 19-27

  Tosato, Matteo ^a   Marzetti, Emanuele ^a   Cesari, Matteo ^b,c   Savera, Giulia ^a   Miller, Ram R ^d   Bernabei, Roberto ^a   Landi, Francesco ^a   Calvani, Riccardo ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b TOULOUSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

^d NOVARTIS PHARMA AG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Appendicular lean mass; Biomarkers; Body imaging; Diagnosis; DXA; Muscle strength; Physical function

Indexed keywords

CREATINE; CREATININE; POTASSIUM; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BIOELECTRIC IMPEDANCE ANALYSIS; CALF CIRCUMFERENCE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; CREATININE URINE LEVEL; DILUTION; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTRICAL IMPEDANCE MYOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE; MID ARM CIRCUMFERENCE; MUSCLE MASS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE ULTRASONOGRAPHY; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MYOGRAPHY; NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SARCOPENIA; TOTAL BODY POTASSIUM; AGED; AGING; BLOOD; BODY COMPOSITION; CHEMISTRY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHOTON ABSORPTIOMETRY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SKELETAL MUSCLE; URINE; VERY ELDERLY; X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANTHROPOMETRY; BIOMARKERS; BODY COMPOSITION; CREATINE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYOGRAPHY; POTASSIUM; SARCOPENIA; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 85011824697     PISSN: 15940667     EISSN: 17208319     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40520-016-0717-0     Document Type: Article

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