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Association between hand muscle thickness and whole-body skeletal muscle mass in healthy adults: a pilot study

[Purpose] Handgrip strength is a surrogate indicator for assessing disease-related and age-related skeletal muscle loss. Clinical utility as such a surrogate can be at least partially explained by the close relationship between handgrip strength and whole-body skeletal muscle mass. The handgrip stre...

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Autores principales: Morimoto, Akio, Suga, Tadashi, Tottori, Nobuaki, Wachi, Michio, Misaki, Jun, Tsuchikane, Ryo, Isaka, Tadao
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Society of Physical Therapy Science 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5599838/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28932005
http://dx.doi.org/10.1589/jpts.29.1644