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Development and validation of anthropometric equations to estimate appendicular muscle mass in elderly women

OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to examine the cross validity of two anthropometric equations commonly used and propose simple anthropometric equations to estimate appendicular muscle mass (AMM) in elderly women. METHODS: Among 234 physically active and functionally independent elderly women, 101 (60 to...

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Autores principales: Pereira, Piettra Moura Galvão, da Silva, Giselma Alcântara, Santos, Gilberto Moreira, Petroski, Edio Luiz, Geraldes, Amandio Aristides Rihan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3704962/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23815948
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1475-2891-12-92