Quantitative peripheral computed tomography to measure muscle area and assess lean soft tissue mass in children

Autor: Paloma Flores-Barrantes, Iris Iglesia, Alejandro Gómez-Bruton, José A. Casajús, Diana Paola Córdoba-Rodríguez, Luis A. Moreno, María L Miguel-Berges, Gerardo Rodríguez
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Annals of Human Biology. 48:93-100
ISSN: 1464-5033
0301-4460
DOI: 10.1080/03014460.2021.1877352
Popis: Skeletal muscle is one of the main components of lean soft tissue mass (LSTM). Low levels in children affect locomotion, posture, and increase the risk of metabolic syndrome.(1) To evaluate the association between muscle cross-sectional area (MCSA) of the lower left leg measured by peripheral quantitative computed tomography (pQCT) and total LSTM; namely, total left leg and left lower leg LSTM assessed by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) in a group of children, (2) to examine if MCSA is a predictor of LSTM, (3) to determine the ability of pQCT to identify children with low LSTM.Lower left leg MCSA and LSTM were measured using pQCT and DXA, respectively, in 396 children.Statistically significant positive correlations were found between the lower leg MCSA - total LSTM (Our results showed that lower left leg MCSA, measured using pQCT, could be a tool to predict low LSTM in children.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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