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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Autores principales: McCarthy, H, Samani-Radia, D, Jebb, SA, Prentice, A
Formato: Journal article
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 2014