<b>Skeletal-muscle mass of São Paulo city elderly – SABE: Survey: Health, Well-being and Aging.</b> DOI: 10.5007/1980-0037.2012v14n1p1

<b>Skeletal-muscle mass of São Paulo city elderly – SABE: Survey: Health, Well-being and Aging.</b> DOI: 10.5007/1980-0037.2012v14n1p1

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: Maria Lúcia Lebrão, Yeda Aparecida de Oliveira Duarte, Manuela Ferreira de Almeida, Daiana Aparecida Quintiliano S. Dourado, Luís Alberto Gobbo, Maria de Fátima Nunes Marucci
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina 2012-01-01
Series:Revista Brasileira de Cineantropometria e Desempenho Humano
Subjects:
Aging
Sarcopenia
Anthropometry
Muscle mass
Muscle mass index
Online Access:http://www.periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/rbcdh/article/view/1980-0037.2012v14n1p1/20699

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