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The Role of Ultrasound Imaging of Musculotendinous Structures in the Elderly Population

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Women's Health and Biomechanics

Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Computational Vision and Biomechanics ((LNCVB,volume 29))

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Ultrasound (US) is a noninvasive and real-time method that allows the evaluating muscles and tendons. The enhanced echo-intensity (EI) on ultrasonography images of skeletal muscle is believed to reflect changes in muscle quality (MQ), and these changes accompany aging. Also related to aging, and that may more severely affect women than men, is the well-known loss of skeletal muscle mass. Often associated with the accumulation of connective tissues (e.g., adipose), it affects muscle strength and MQ and causes functional impairment. This chapter demonstrates the potential use of US imaging for assessing muscle changes associated with aging and functional decline.

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  1. CIPER – LBMF, Faculty of Human Kinetics, University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal

    Luis Carrão, Rute Santos, Margarida Espanha, Paulo Armada-da-Silva, Sandra Amado & António Veloso

  2. ESSLEI, Polytechnic Institute of Leiria, Leiria, Portugal

    Luis Carrão

  3. ESTeS Coimbra, Polytechnic Institute of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal

    Rute Santos & Ana Amaral

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Carrão, L. et al. (2018). The Role of Ultrasound Imaging of Musculotendinous Structures in the Elderly Population. In: Brandão, S., Da Roza, T., Ramos, I., Mascarenhas, T. (eds) Women's Health and Biomechanics. Lecture Notes in Computational Vision and Biomechanics, vol 29. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-71574-2_3

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