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bam-11040	Tognolo, Lucrezia; Coraci, Daniele; Farì, Giacomo; Vallenari, Valeria; Masiero, Stefano	Validity of ultrasound rectus femoris quantitative assessment: A comparative study between linear and curved array transducers	2022	8	.pdf	application/pdf	4818	338	62	However, muscle thickness is considered to be the simplest, quickest and most reproducible parameter in evaluating muscle mass, with a good correlation with the gold standard measures.16 Particularly, a strong correlation between quadriceps muscle thickness and isometric voluntary maximum contraction force has been demonstrated.17 Based on these observations the primary aim of the study was to compare the intertransducers validity of thickness, width and CSA measurements of RF muscle in a population of healthy subjects. The intrinsic ability of skeletal muscle to repair after injury-induced damage could be compromised with age and could be associated with reduced force generation, sarcopenia and fibrosis.3 Sarcopenia, affects up to 10% of the general elderly population and represents a condition related to higher risk of morbidity and mortality.4-8 To assess the loss in muscle mass, appendicular skeletal muscle mass measurement is commonly used.9,10 Particularly, it has been demonstrated that the anterior thigh muscle mass assessment may represent a valuable criterion in the early diagnosis of sarcopenia.11 Among the instrumental tools for the assessment of muscle mass, there are the bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA), dual X-ray absorptiometry (DXA), magnetic magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and computed tomography (CT).12 Ultra Sound (US) represents the easy, quick, safe, valid and reliable alternative tool to quantify the local muscle mass.13,14 However, the US assessment procedure in the different studies varies and the setting parameters are not always clearly specified.	cache/bam-11040.pdf	txt/bam-11040.txt