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AGING CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH
Volume 29, Issue 1, Pages 19-27Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s40520-016-0717-0
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Muscle strength; Physical function; Body imaging; Diagnosis; Biomarkers; Appendicular lean mass; DXA
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- European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations (EFPIA)
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Sarcopenia encompasses the loss of muscle mass and strength/function during aging. Several methods are available for the estimation of muscle or lean body mass. Popular assessment tools include body imaging techniques (e.g., magnetic resonance imaging, computed tomography, dual X-ray absorptiometry, ultrasonography), bioelectric impedance analysis, anthropometric parameters (e.g., calf circumference, mid-arm muscle circumference), and biochemical markers (total or partial body potassium, serum and urinary creatinine, deuterated creatine dilution method). The heterogeneity of the populations to be evaluated as well as the setting in which sarcopenia is investigated impacts the definition of gold standard assessment techniques. The aim of this article is to critically review available methods for muscle mass estimation, highlighting strengths and weaknesses of each of them as well as their proposed field of application.
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