The Muscle Thickness Assessment Using Ultrasonography is a Useful Alternative to Skeletal Muscle Mass by Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis by Isaka M, Sugimoto K, Akasaka H, Yasunobe Y, Takahashi T, Xie K, Onishi Y, Yoshida S, Minami T, Yamamoto K, Kamide K, Rakugi H

“…Masaaki Isaka,1– 3 Ken Sugimoto,1,4 Hiroshi Akasaka,1 Yukiko Yasunobe,1 Toshimasa Takahashi,1 Keyu Xie,1 Yuri Onishi,1 Shino Yoshida,1 Tomohiro Minami,1 Koichi Yamamoto,1 Kei Kamide,1,2 Hiromi Rakugi1 1Department of Geriatric and General Medicine, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Osaka, Japan; 2Department of Health Science, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Osaka, Japan; 3Physical Therapy, Osaka Yukioka College of Health Science, Ibaraki, Osaka, Japan; 4Department of General Geriatric Medicine, Kawasaki Medical School, Okayama, Okayama, JapanCorrespondence: Ken Sugimoto, Department of General Geriatric Medicine, Kawasaki Medical School, 2-6-1, Nakasange, Kita-ku, Okayama, Okayama, 700-8505, Japan, Tel +81 86 225 2111, Fax +81 86 232 8343, Email ksugimoto@med.kawasaki-m.ac.jpPurpose: Muscle mass, a key index for the diagnosis of sarcopenia, is currently assessed using the appendicular skeletal muscle mass index (ASMI) by bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA). …”
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Estimation of Dietary Amino Acid Intake and Independent Correlates of Skeletal Muscle Mass Index among Korean Adults by Minjeong Chae, Hyoungsu Park, Kyong Park

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Genes Whose Gain or Loss-Of-Function Increases Skeletal Muscle Mass in Mice: A Systematic Literature Review by Sander A. J. Verbrugge, Martin Schönfelder, Lore Becker, Fakhreddin Yaghoob Nezhad, Martin Hrabě de Angelis, Martin Hrabě de Angelis, Martin Hrabě de Angelis, Henning Wackerhage

“…Skeletal muscle mass differs greatly in mice and humans and this is partially inherited. …”
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Correlation between muscle strength and muscle mass, and their association with walking speed, in community-dwelling elderly Japanese individuals. by Itsushi Hayashida, Yoshimi Tanimoto, Yuka Takahashi, Toshiyuki Kusabiraki, Junko Tamaki

“…However, in women, the correlation between muscle strength and muscle mass differed according to age. This finding suggests that the relationship between muscle strength and muscle mass differs according to sex and age. …”
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Acute strength exercise and the involvement of small or large muscle mass on plasma brain-derived neurotrophic factor levels by Paulo Roberto Correia, Aline Pansani, Felipe Machado, Marilia Andrade, Antonio Carlos da Silva, Fulvio Alexandre Scorza, Esper Abrão Cavalheiro, Ricardo Mario Arida

“…In this study, the effect of acute strength exercise and the involvement of small versus large muscle mass on the levels of plasma brain-derived neurotrophic factor were evaluated in healthy individuals. …”
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Sex Differences in the Prevalence of Metabolic Syndrome Based on Leg Strength, Cardiorespiratory Fitness, and Skeletal Muscle Mass in Elderly by Haogang Cai, Yonghwan Kim, Kitae Yim

Subjects: “…appendicular skeletal muscle mass…”
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Relation between systemic inflammatory markers, peripheral muscle mass, and strength in limb muscles in stable COPD patients by Ferrari R, Caram LMO, Faganello MM, Sanchez FF, Tanni SE, Godoy I

“…We evaluated serum concentrations of IL-8, CRP, and TNF-α. Peripheral muscle mass was evaluated by computerized tomography (CT); midthigh cross-sectional muscle area (MTCSA) and midarm cross-sectional muscle area (MACSA) were obtained. …”
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Diagnostic and prognostic value of the Creatinine/Cystatin C ratio for low muscle mass evaluation among US adults by Shanshan Shi, Shanshan Shi, Yizhou Jiang, Weihua Chen, Weihua Chen, Kaihong Chen, Ying Liao, Kun Huang

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Studying the Thermophysical Characteristics of the Muscle Mass of the Black Soldier Fly Larvaes (Hermetia Illucens) as a Drying Object by Valentina A. Doroshenko, Igor A. Khozyaev, Dmitry A. Yakovlev, Artyom A. Doroshenko, Alexey A. Shcherbakov

“…The study focused on the muscle mass of black soldier fly larvaes (Hermetia illucens). …”
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Study on the relationship between comorbidities of chronic diseases, phase angle, and muscle mass decline related to sarcopenia in the elderly by WANG Junlin, HAO Mingxiu, TANG Yinhan, WU Yunyun, JIN Yuhua, HU Yaomin

Subjects: “…muscle mass…”
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Urinary titin N-fragment as a predictor of decreased skeletal muscle mass in patients with interstitial lung diseases by Masatoshi Hanada, Yuji Ishimatsu, Noriho Sakamoto, Yoshiko Akiyama, Takashi Kido, Hiroshi Ishimoto, Masato Oikawa, Hiroki Nagura, Rina Takeuchi, Shuntaro Sato, Hideaki Takahata, Hiroshi Mukae, Ryo Kozu

“…Furthermore, we measured the cross-sectional areas of the pectoralis muscles above the aortic arch (PMCSA) and erector spinae muscles of the 12th thoracic vertebra muscles (ESMCSA) to assess muscle mass until 1 year. We examined the correlation between urinary N-titin/Cr and the change in muscle mass. …”
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Sex-Specific Associations Between Low Muscle Mass and Glucose Fluctuations in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus by Xiulin Shi, Xiulin Shi, Wenjuan Liu, Lulu Zhang, Fangsen Xiao, Peiying Huang, Bing Yan, Yiping Zhang, Weijuan Su, Qiuhui Jiang, Mingzhu Lin, Wei Liu, Xuejun Li, Xuejun Li

Subjects: “…low muscle mass…”
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Associations between Weight-Adjusted Waist Index and Abdominal Fat and Muscle Mass: Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis by Ji Yoon Kim, Jimi Choi, Chantal A. Vella, Michael H. Criqui, Matthew A. Allison, Nam Hoon Kim

“…Conclusion WWI showed positive associations with abdominal fat mass and negative associations with abdominal muscle mass, which likely reflects the abdominal compositional changes with aging in a multi-ethnic population.…”
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Muscle strength, not muscle mass, determines the health-related quality of life in Indonesian women with systemic lupus erythematosus by Stevent Sumantri, Euphemia Seto, Iris Rengganis

“…Objective No study evaluated the impact of low muscle strength and mass on the Sarcopenia-related Quality of Life (SarQoL) in women with SLE.Methods This cross-sectional study recruited 145 women with SLE consecutively; muscle strength was measured with a calibrated Jamar handheld dynamometer, muscle mass was measured with appendicular muscle mass index (Tanita MC-780 MAP body impedance analyser) and health-related quality of life with SarQoL Questionnaire. …”
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Risk Factors for Loss of Skeletal Muscle Mass and Its Correlation with Complications after Major Hepatectomy for Liver Cancer by GAO Dekang, WEI Shaohua, MA Xiaoming, DU Peng, XING Chungen, CAO Chun

Subjects: “…liver neoplasms|postoperative loss of skeletal muscle mass|sarcopenia|major hepatectomy|complications|root cause analysis…”
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Mid-Upper Arm Circumference as an Alternative Screening Instrument to Appendicular Skeletal Muscle Mass Index for Diagnosing Sarcopenia by Hu FJ, Liu H, Liu XL, Jia SL, Hou LS, Xia X, Dong BR

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Effects of resistance training with controlled versus self-selected repetition duration on muscle mass and strength in untrained men by Talisson Santos Chaves, Thaís Marina Pires de Campos Biazon, Lucas Marcelino Eder dos Santos, Cleiton Augusto Libardi

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Association Between Low Muscle Mass and Prognosis of Patients With Coronary Artery Disease Undergoing Percutaneous Coronary Intervention by Chi‐Hoon Kim, Tae‐Min Rhee, Kyung Woo Park, Chan Soon Park, Jeehoon Kang, Jung‐Kyu Han, Han‐Mo Yang, Hyun‐Jae Kang, Bon‐Kwon Koo, Hyo‐Soo Kim

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Concordance between appendicular skeletal muscle mass measured with DXA and estimated with mathematical models in middle-aged women by Nirmala Rathnayake, Gayani Alwis, Janaka Lenora, Sarath Lekamwasam

Subjects: “…Appendicular skeletal muscle mass…”
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Correlation between lower extremity arterial disease and skeletal muscle mass in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus by Yinghui Zhang, Lemeng Ren, Fengjie Zheng, Xianghua Zhuang, Dongqing Jiang, Shihong Chen, Yihong Ni, Xiaobo Li

“…Objectives To evaluate skeletal muscle mass in patients with both type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and concomitant lower extremity arterial disease (LEAD) and determine the contribution of skeletal muscle mass to macrovascular diseases. …”
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