Psoas Muscle Cross-sectional Area as a Measure  of Whole-body Lean Muscle Mass in Maintenance Hemodialysis Patients

We investigate whether psoas or paraspinous muscle area measured on a single L4-L5 image is a useful measure of whole lean body mass (LBM) compared to dedicated midthigh magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).

Source: Journal of Renal Nutrition - March 15, 2016 Category: Urology & Nephrology Authors: Glen R. Morrell, Talat A. Ikizler, Xiaorui Chen, Marta E. Heilbrun, Guo Wei, Robert Boucher, Srinivasan Beddhu Tags: Original Research Source Type: research