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Pitfalls in the measurement of muscle mass: a need for a reference standard

BACKGROUND: All proposed definitions of sarcopenia include the measurement of muscle mass, but the techniques and threshold values used vary. Indeed, the literature does not establish consensus on the best technique for measuring lean body mass. Thus, the objective measurement of sarcopenia is hampe...

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Autores principales: Buckinx, Fanny, Landi, Francesco, Cesari, Matteo, Fielding, Roger A., Visser, Marjolein, Engelke, Klaus, Maggi, Stefania, Dennison, Elaine, Al‐Daghri, Nasser M., Allepaerts, Sophie, Bauer, Jurgen, Bautmans, Ivan, Brandi, Maria Luisa, Bruyère, Olivier, Cederholm, Tommy, Cerreta, Francesca, Cherubini, Antonio, Cooper, Cyrus, Cruz‐Jentoft, Alphonso, McCloskey, Eugene, Dawson‐Hughes, Bess, Kaufman, Jean‐Marc, Laslop, Andrea, Petermans, Jean, Reginster, Jean‐Yves, Rizzoli, René, Robinson, Sian, Rolland, Yves, Rueda, Ricardo, Vellas, Bruno, Kanis, John A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5879987/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29349935
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jcsm.12268