This study aims to evaluate the thickness of the femoral quadriceps and biceps brachii and brachialis muscles bilaterally and the adjacent subcutaneous fat in patients undergoing gastric bypass Roux-en-Y before and after ...

The aim of this study was to compare basal metabolic rate (BMR) of post-polio syndrome ( PPS) patients with healthy individuals and to determine its correlation to body composition. BMR (kcal/day) was determined by indirect ...

Considering ethnic and anthropometric differences, it is important to obtain specific normative data on body composition (BC) for each population. The objectives of this study were to obtain the normative curve for the BC ...

Obesity and osteoporosis are important global health problems characterized by increasing prevalence with high impact on morbidity and mortality. The objective of this review was to determine whether excess weight during ...

Cycling is believed to be associated with low bone mass. in this Study, we investigate food intake, body composition, and bone mass in well-trained Young adult cyclists compared with those in sedentary controls. Four-day ...

Introduction. Sarcopenia is a process characterized by reduction in protein mass and muscle strength with increasing age, especially in the postmenopausal period, resulting in functional limitations and with great impact ...

O objetivo deste estudo foi analisar as estimativas da composição corporal e a concordância das medidas produzidas por meio de dois diferentes analisadores de impedância bioelétrica em homens adultos jovens. Vinte e dois ...