Ultrasonographic assessment of the aging trunk muscles: 'brutal tone' but should be impartial

Eur J Appl Physiol. 2020 Nov;120(11):2559-2560. doi: 10.1007/s00421-020-04469-4. Epub 2020 Aug 14.

Authors

Timur Ekiz¹, Murat Kara², Ayşe Merve Ata³, Levent Özçakar²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Türkmenbaşi Medical Center, Adana, Turkey.
² Department of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine, Hacettepe University Medical School, Ankara, Turkey.
³ Department of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine, Doctor Ayten Bozkaya Spastic Children Hospital and Rehabilitation Center, Bursa, Turkey. amerveata@hotmail.com.

PMID: 32797256
DOI: 10.1007/s00421-020-04469-4

No abstract available

Keywords: Muscle thickness; Sarcopenia; Ultrasound.

Publication types

Letter
Comment

MeSH terms

Aging*
Humans
Muscle, Skeletal*