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Dennis E. Anderson^1,2, Emily Quinn³, Emily Parker¹, Brett T. Allaire¹, Jesse W. Muir⁴, Clinton T. Rubin⁴, Jay Magaziner⁵, Marian T. Hannan^6,7, Mary L. Bouxsein^1,2 and Douglas P. Kiel^6,7. Associations of Computed Tomography-Based Trunk Muscle Size and Density With Balance and Falls in Older Adults. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci first published online October 26, 2015

Publication Date
October 2015

How Analyze was Used
“Individual muscles were traced in the mid-vertebral slice at the L2 level, or the L1 level if L2 was not available (n = 4), using an image processing program (Analyze,Biomedical Imaging Resource, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN”

Keywords
Balance-Biomechanics
Sarcopenia
Incident Falls
Muscle Composition

Author Affiliation(s)
¹ Center for Advanced Orthopaedic Studies, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts.
² Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
³ Data Coordinating Center, Boston University School of Public Health, Massachusetts.
⁴ Department of Biomedical Engineering, Stony Brook University, New York.
⁵ Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore.
⁶ Institute for Aging Research, Hebrew SeniorLife, Boston, Massachusetts.
⁷ Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.

Tags: Computed Tomography (CT)