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Showing 1 to 3 of 3 for “"Muscle attenuation"”.
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Predictors of Knee Extensor Strength in Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Skeletal muscle weakness of the lower extremities is frequently observed in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients when compared to healthy age matched controls. PURPOSE: To determine predictors of knee extensor strength in COPD patients. METHODS: Knee extensor strength was measured …
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Nutritional studies in ambulatory oncology patients: impact of malnutrition on survival, patient beliefs, debunking myths, and a novel targeted intervention to attenuate nutritional decline
… of the largest studies to identify the reduced muscle mass phenotypic criterion using gold standard computed tomography (CT) scans, with 40% being diagnosed with malnutrition according to GLIM. This thesis also describes a single-arm, open-label trial which examines the potential benefit of a …
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The prevalence and prognostic value of abnormal body composition phenotypes in Irish oncology patients
… to increased understanding of the importance of muscle abnormalities, such as low muscle mass (sarcopenia), and more recently low muscle attenuation (MA), as important prognostic indicators of unfavourable outcomes in patients with cancer. The aim of this thesis was to identify the prevalence of …