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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
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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
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author Morimoto, Akio
Suga, Tadashi
Tottori, Nobuaki
Wachi, Michio
Misaki, Jun
Tsuchikane, Ryo
Isaka, Tadao
author_facet Morimoto, Akio
Suga, Tadashi
Tottori, Nobuaki
Wachi, Michio
Misaki, Jun
Tsuchikane, Ryo
Isaka, Tadao
author_sort Morimoto, Akio
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description [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 strength is related to hand muscle size. Thus, the present study examined whether hand muscle thickness is associated with whole-body skeletal muscle mass. [Subjects and Methods] Thirty healthy male adults participated in this study. All subjects were right-hand dominant. Two muscle thicknesses (lumbrical and interosseous muscles) in the right hand were measured using ultrasonography. Whole-body and appendicular skeletal muscle masses were assessed using dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry. [Results] Although lumbrical muscle thickness was not correlated with whole-body skeletal muscle mass, there was a significant correlation with appendicular skeletal muscle mass. Furthermore, interosseous muscle thickness was significantly correlated with both whole-body and appendicular skeletal muscle masses. [Conclusion] The present findings suggest that two muscle thicknesses in the hand are related to whole-body and/or appendicular skeletal muscle mass in healthy adults. Therefore, we propose that despite being smaller than other limb muscles, hand muscle thickness may be useful as surrogate indicator for assessing disease-related and age-related skeletal muscle loss.
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spelling pubmed-55998382017-09-20 Association between hand muscle thickness and whole-body skeletal muscle mass in healthy adults: a pilot study Morimoto, Akio Suga, Tadashi Tottori, Nobuaki Wachi, Michio Misaki, Jun Tsuchikane, Ryo Isaka, Tadao J Phys Ther Sci Original Article [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 strength is related to hand muscle size. Thus, the present study examined whether hand muscle thickness is associated with whole-body skeletal muscle mass. [Subjects and Methods] Thirty healthy male adults participated in this study. All subjects were right-hand dominant. Two muscle thicknesses (lumbrical and interosseous muscles) in the right hand were measured using ultrasonography. Whole-body and appendicular skeletal muscle masses were assessed using dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry. [Results] Although lumbrical muscle thickness was not correlated with whole-body skeletal muscle mass, there was a significant correlation with appendicular skeletal muscle mass. Furthermore, interosseous muscle thickness was significantly correlated with both whole-body and appendicular skeletal muscle masses. [Conclusion] The present findings suggest that two muscle thicknesses in the hand are related to whole-body and/or appendicular skeletal muscle mass in healthy adults. Therefore, we propose that despite being smaller than other limb muscles, hand muscle thickness may be useful as surrogate indicator for assessing disease-related and age-related skeletal muscle loss. The Society of Physical Therapy Science 2017-09-15 2017-09 /pmc/articles/PMC5599838/ /pubmed/28932005 http://dx.doi.org/10.1589/jpts.29.1644 Text en 2017©by the Society of Physical Therapy Science. Published by IPEC Inc. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial No Derivatives (by-nc-nd) License. (CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/)
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Morimoto, Akio
Suga, Tadashi
Tottori, Nobuaki
Wachi, Michio
Misaki, Jun
Tsuchikane, Ryo
Isaka, Tadao
Association between hand muscle thickness and whole-body skeletal muscle mass in healthy adults: a pilot study
title Association between hand muscle thickness and whole-body skeletal muscle mass in healthy adults: a pilot study
title_full Association between hand muscle thickness and whole-body skeletal muscle mass in healthy adults: a pilot study
title_fullStr Association between hand muscle thickness and whole-body skeletal muscle mass in healthy adults: a pilot study
title_full_unstemmed Association between hand muscle thickness and whole-body skeletal muscle mass in healthy adults: a pilot study
title_short Association between hand muscle thickness and whole-body skeletal muscle mass in healthy adults: a pilot study
title_sort association between hand muscle thickness and whole-body skeletal muscle mass in healthy adults: a pilot study
topic Original Article
url 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
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