Increase in echo intensity and extracellular-to-intracellular water ratio is independently associated with muscle weakness in elderly women

European Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 117, Issue 10, 2017, Pages 2001-2007

  Taniguchi, Masashi ^a,b   Yamada, Yosuke ^c   Fukumoto, Yoshihiro ^d   Sawano, Shinichiro ^a   Minami, Seigo ^e   Ikezoe, Tome ^b   Watanabe, Yuya ^f   Kimura, Misaka ^g   Ichihashi, Noriaki ^b  

^a SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH AND NUTRITION   (Japan)

^d KOBE GAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e Yamato University   (Japan)

^f DOSHISHA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^g Kyoto University of Advanced Science   (Japan)

Author keywords

Echo intensity; Extracellular water; Muscle quality; Muscle strength; Muscle thickness

Indexed keywords

WATER;

AGED; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; METABOLISM; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIELECTRIC SPECTROSCOPY; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; QUADRICEPS MUSCLE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; WATER;

EID: 85026439651     PISSN: 14396319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00421-017-3686-x     Document Type: Article

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