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Calf circumference: clinical validation for evaluation of muscle mass in the elderly

ABSTRACT Objective: To validate calf circumference as a technology for assessing muscle mass in the elderly. Method: Cross-sectional study with 132 elderly people from Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil. Decreased muscle mass was determined by the skeletal muscle mass index (IME) using Dual Energy X-Ray Absor...

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Main Authors:	Valéria Pagotto (Author), Kássylla Ferreira dos Santos (Author), Suelen Gomes Malaquias (Author), Maria Márcia Bachion (Author), Erika Aparecida Silveira (Author)
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Published:	Associação Brasileira de Enfermagem.
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