Role of Muscle Mass and Muscle Quality in the Association Between Diabetes and Gait Speed

OBJECTIVE: Older people with type 2 diabetes are at high risk of mobility disability. We investigated the association of diabetes with lower-limb muscle mass and muscle quality to verify whether diabetes-related muscle impairments mediate the association between diabetes and low walking speed. RESEA...

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Autores principales: Volpato, Stefano, Bianchi, Lara, Lauretani, Fulvio, Lauretani, Fabrizio, Bandinelli, Stefania, Guralnik, Jack M., Zuliani, Giovanni, Ferrucci, Luigi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American Diabetes Association 2012
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Original Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3402248/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22596176
http://dx.doi.org/10.2337/dc11-2202

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3402248/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22596176
http://dx.doi.org/10.2337/dc11-2202

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