Journal article
Age‐ and gender‐dependent values of skeletal muscle mass in healthy children and adolescents
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Skeletal muscle mass (SMM) can be extracted from whole-body scans obtained by X-ray-based dual-photon absorptiometry (DXA). There is a need to establish expected age-dependent values for children and adolescents.
METHODS: Appendicular lean tissue mass (ALM) was extracted from whole-body DXA scans in 140 healthy children and adolescents (68 females and 72 males). Whole-body SMM was calculated from ALM using equations developed by Kim …
Authors
Webber CE; Barr RD
Journal
Journal of Cachexia Sarcopenia and Muscle, Vol. 3, No. 1, pp. 25–29
Publisher
Wiley
Publication Date
3 2012
DOI
10.1007/s13539-011-0042-6
ISSN
2190-5991