Psoas as a sentinel muscle for sarcopenia: a flawed premise
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Psoas as a sentinel muscle for sarcopenia: a flawed premise
Loss of mass and functional capacity of skeletal muscle is a major cause of morbidity in older individuals as well as in patients affected by a host of acute and chronic conditions including infectious disease, endocrine and metabolic disorders, organ dysfunction, immunological disease, vascular diseases, haematological disorders, and malignancies. Quantitative approaches are required to diagno...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Cachexia, Sarcopenia and Muscle
سال: 2017
ISSN: 2190-5991
DOI: 10.1002/jcsm.12221