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Echo intensity obtained from ultrasonography images reflecting muscle strength in elderly men

BACKGROUND: It is well known that loss of muscle mass (quantitative change) is a major change that occurs with aging. Qualitative changes in skeletal muscle, such as increased intramuscular fat, also occur as one ages. Enhanced echo intensity (EI) on ultrasonography images of skeletal muscle is beli...

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Autores principales: Watanabe, Yuya, Yamada, Yosuke, Fukumoto, Yoshihiro, Ishihara, Tatsuro, Yokoyama, Keiichi, Yoshida, Tsukasa, Miyake, Motoko, Yamagata, Emi, Kimura, Misaka
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3732157/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23926426
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/CIA.S47263