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Is adductor pollicis muscle thickness a good predictor of lean mass in adults?

BACKGROUND & AIMS: Lean mass (LM) is an important parameter in clinical outcomes, which highlights the necessity of reliable tools for its estimation. The adductor pollicis muscle thickness (APMT) is easily accessible and suffers minimal interference from the adjacent subcutaneous fat tissue. OB...

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Autores principales: Bielemann, Renata Moraes, Horta, Bernardo Lessa, Orlandi, Silvana Paiva, Barbosa-Silva, Thiago Gonzalez, Gonzalez, Maria Cristina, Assunção, Maria Cecília, Gigante, Denise Petrucci
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5000778/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26286900
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.clnu.2015.07.022