A critical evaluation of the biological construct skeletal muscle hypertrophy: size matters but so does the measurement

CT Haun, CG Vann, BM Roberts, AD Vigotsky… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Skeletal muscle is highly adaptable and has consistently been shown to morphologically
respond to exercise training. Skeletal muscle growth during periods of resistance training …

Human skeletal muscle size with ultrasound imaging: a comprehensive review

M Naruse, S Trappe, TA Trappe - Journal of Applied …, 2022 - journals.physiology.org
Skeletal muscle size is an important factor in assessing adaptation to exercise training and
detraining, athletic performance, age-associated atrophy and mobility decline, clinical …

Blood flow restriction training applied with high-intensity exercise does not improve quadriceps muscle function after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: a …

MT Curran, A Bedi, CL Mendias… - … American journal of …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: A major goal of rehabilitation after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction
(ACLR) is restoring quadriceps muscle strength. Unfortunately, current rehabilitation …

[HTML][HTML] Low-load blood flow restriction training induces similar morphological and mechanical Achilles tendon adaptations compared with high-load resistance …

C Centner, B Lauber, OR Seynnes… - Journal of Applied …, 2019 - journals.physiology.org
Low-load blood flow restriction (LL-BFR) training has gained increasing interest in the
scientific community by demonstrating that increases in muscle mass and strength are …

Assessing sarcopenia with vastus lateralis muscle ultrasound: an operative protocol

A Ticinesi, MV Narici, F Lauretani, A Nouvenne… - Aging Clinical and …, 2018 - Springer
Background Muscle ultrasound (MUS) has so far not been implemented for sarcopenia
assessment in clinical geriatric practice due to allegedly low reproducibility of results in the …

Motor unit dysregulation following 15 days of unilateral lower limb immobilisation

TB Inns, JJ Bass, EJO Hardy… - The Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Disuse atrophy, caused by situations of unloading such as limb immobilisation, causes a
rapid yet diverging reduction in skeletal muscle function when compared to muscle mass …

[HTML][HTML] Muscle thickness and echogenicity measured by ultrasound could detect local sarcopenia and malnutrition in older patients hospitalized for hip fracture

A Sanz-Paris, M González-Fernandez… - Nutrients, 2021 - mdpi.com
Background: The aim of this work was to assess whether the muscle thickness and
echogenicity were associated with dysphagia, malnutrition, sarcopenia, and functional …

Skeletal muscle and childhood cancer: where are we now and where we go from here

CG Goodenough, RE Partin, KK Ness - Aging and cancer, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Skeletal muscle (muscle) is essential for physical health and for metabolic integrity, with
sarcopenia (progressive muscle mass loss and weakness), a precursor of aging and chronic …

Methodological considerations for and validation of the ultrasonographic determination of human skeletal muscle hypertrophy and atrophy

T Stokes, TR Tripp, K Murphy, RW Morton… - Physiological …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is the current gold standard for measuring changes in
muscle size (cross‐sectional area [CSA] and volume) but can be cost‐prohibitive and …

Panoramic ultrasound vs. MRI for the assessment of hamstrings cross-sectional area and volume in a large athletic cohort

MV Franchi, DP Fitze, J Hanimann, F Sarto, J Spörri - Scientific Reports, 2020 - nature.com
We investigated the validity of panoramic ultrasound (US) compared to magnetic resonance
imaging (MRI) for the assessment of hamstrings cross-sectional area (CSA) and volume …