Effect of position and exercise on measurement of muscle quantity and quality: towards a standardised pragmatic protocol for clinical practice

• Main Authors: Carly Welch (Author), Zeinab Majid (Author), Isabelle Andrews (Author), Zaki Hassan-Smith (Author), Vicky Kamwa (Author), Hannah Picton (Author), Daisy Wilson (Author), Thomas A. Jackson (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2021-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Ultrasonography is an emerging non-invasive bedside tool for muscle quantity/quality assessment; Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis (BIA) is an alternative non-invasive bedside measure of body composition, recommended for evaluation of sarcopenia in clinical practice. We set out to...