Skeletal muscle mass reference curves for children and adolescents.
BACKGROUND: Skeletal muscle is key to motor development and represents a major metabolic end organ that aids glycaemic regulation. OBJECTIVES: To create gender-specific reference curves for fat-free mass (FFM) and appendicular (limb) skeletal muscle mass (SMMa) in children and adolescents. To examin...
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Format: | Journal article |
Language: | English |
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2014
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