Skeletal-muscle mass of São Paulo city elderly – SABE: Survey: Health, Well-being and Aging

Skeletal-muscle mass of São Paulo city elderly – SABE: Survey: Health, Well-being and Aging

The analysis of skeletal muscle mass (SM), either total (TSM) or appendicular (ASM) mass, in the elderly, is important, in order to monitor this component along aging, and these values are more associated with disability when adjusted for height, thus enabling the analysis of total (TSMI) and append...

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Main Authors: Luís Alberto Gobbo, Daiana Aparecida Quintiliano S. Dourado, Manuela Ferreira de Almeida, Yeda Aparecida de Oliveira Duarte, Maria Lúcia Lebrão, Maria de Fátima Nunes Marucci
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina 2011-12-01
Series:Revista Brasileira de Cineantropometria e Desempenho Humano
Subjects:
envelhecimento, sarcopenia, antropometria, massa muscular, índice de massa muscular
Online Access:https://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/rbcdh/article/view/19634

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