Estimation of thigh muscle mass with magnetic resonance imaging in older adults and people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Academic Article uri icon

abstract

  • Quantifying muscle mass is an essential part of physical therapy assessment, particularly in older adults and in people with chronic conditions associated with muscle atrophy. The purposes of this study were to examine the relationship between muscle cross-sectional area (CSA) and volume by use of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and to compare anthropometric estimations of midthigh CSA with measurements obtained from MRI.

publication date

  • 2008

keywords

  • Aged
  • Anthropometry
  • Case-Control Studies
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Muscle, Skeletal
  • Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive
  • Thigh

Web of Science ID

  • 000252839100006

PubMed ID

  • 18056754

volume

  • 88

number

  • 2