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The degree of recovery in swallowing ability in older inpatients with aspiration pneumonia is related to intramuscular adipose tissue of the quadriceps than to muscle mass

BACKGROUND & AIM: A recent study reported that the increase in intramuscular adipose tissue of the quadriceps in older inpatients is related to a decreasing degree of recovery in swallowing ability compared to the loss of muscle mass. However, whether the association remains true in case of aspi...

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Autores principales: Akazawa, Naoki, Kishi, Masaki, Hino, Toshikazu, Tsuji, Ryota, Tamura, Kimiyuki, Hioka, Akemi, Moriyama, Hideki
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9550090/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36215269
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0275810