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Association between walking ability and trunk and lower-limb muscle atrophy in institutionalized elderly women: a longitudinal pilot study

BACKGROUND: The aim of this study was to investigate the association between walking ability and muscle atrophy in the trunk and lower limbs. METHODS: Subjects in this longitudinal study were 21 elderly women who resided in nursing homes. The thicknesses of the following trunk and lower-limb muscles...

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Autores principales: Ikezoe, Tome, Nakamura, Masatoshi, Shima, Hiroto, Asakawa, Yasuyoshi, Ichihashi, Noriaki
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4551471/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26311527
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40101-015-0069-z