ADDUCTOR POLLICIS MUSCLE THICKNESS AS A PREDICTOR OF MUSCLE STRENGTH IN HEMODIALYSIS PATIENTS

• मुख्य लेखकों: Raíssa AntunesPereira (लेखक), Alex LopesCaetano (लेखक), Lilian Cuppari (लेखक), Maria AyakoKamimura (लेखक)
• स्वरूप: पुस्तक
• प्रकाशित: The Korean Society of Nephrology, 2012-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• विषय: article
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Muscle mass remains a challenge in the nutritional assessment of hemodialysis (HD) patients. The adductor pollicis muscle thickness (APMt) has emerged as a promising marker of muscle mass in the general population. Thus, we aimed to evaluate whether APMt is able to predict handgrip strength (HGS), a...