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. 2017 Jan 1;195(1):136-138.
doi: 10.1164/rccm.201604-0875LE.

Rectus Femoris Cross-Sectional Area and Muscle Layer Thickness: Comparative Markers of Muscle Wasting and Weakness

Zudin A Puthucheary  1 , Angela S McNelly  1 , Jai Rawal  1 , Bronwen Connolly  2 , Paul S Sidhu  3 , Anthea Rowlerson  4 , John Moxham  4 , Stephen D Harridge  4 , Nicholas Hart  2 , Hugh E Montgomery  1
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Rectus Femoris Cross-Sectional Area and Muscle Layer Thickness: Comparative Markers of Muscle Wasting and Weakness

Zudin A Puthucheary et al. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. .
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Figure 1.
(A) Change in rectus femoris cross-sectional area (RFCSA) and muscle layer thickness over 10 days of critical illness. *P < 0.05 and **P < 0.01 using two-way repeated measures analysis of variance. (B) Knee Extensor Medical Research Council (MRC) Strength Score and loss of muscle size as measured by RFCSA and thickness (n = 27). *P < 0.05 using two-tailed unpaired Student’s t test. Data are presented as mean (95% confidence interval) (in B, the whiskers represent half of a symmetrical 95% confidence interval around the mean).
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