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Association between ultrasound measurements of muscle thickness, pennation angle, echogenicity and skeletal muscle strength in the elderly

The increase of elderly in our society requires simple tools for quantification of sarcopenia in inpatient and outpatient settings. The aim of this study was to compare parameters determined with musculoskeletal ultrasound (M-US) with muscle strength in young and elderly patients. In this prospectiv...

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Main Authors: Strasser, Eva Maria, Draskovits, Thomas, Praschak, Markus, Quittan, Michael, Graf, Alexandra
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Springer Netherlands 2013
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3824993/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23456136
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11357-013-9517-z
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