Investigation of the correlation of magnetics resonance imaging based parameters and gait characteristics for diagnosis of sarcopenia.

• Main Author: Kumar Dilip.
• Other Authors: Poh Chueh Loo
• Format: Theses and Dissertations
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Bioengineering
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/54298
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Sarcopenia is defined as degenerative loss of skeletal muscle mass, strength and function with aging. Sarcopenia is first characterized by muscle atrophy along with a reduction in muscle tissue quality caused by factors such as replacement of muscle fibers with fat, an increase in fibrosis, changes...