Which Is a Better Skeletal Muscle Mass Index for the Evaluation of Physical Abilities: The Present Height or Maximum Height?

OBJECTIVE: Sarcopenia and osteoporosis often coexist in older adults. Sarcopenia is diagnosed using the skeletal muscle mass index (SMI), which is calculated as the appendicular skeletal muscle mass (ASM)/(present height)(2), although patients with osteoporosis frequently have a loss of body height....

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Autores principales: Tanaka, Ken-ichiro, Morisato, Yuki, Nakajima, Hirofumi, Kanasaki, Keizo, Sugimoto, Toshitsugu, Kanazawa, Ippei
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Japanese Society of Internal Medicine 2020
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Original Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8112974/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33229805
http://dx.doi.org/10.2169/internalmedicine.5792-20

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8112974/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33229805
http://dx.doi.org/10.2169/internalmedicine.5792-20

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