@article { , title = {Muscle thickness correlates to muscle cross sectional area in the assessment of strength training induced hypertrophy}, abstract = {Aim: Muscle thickness (MT) measured by ultrasound has been used to estimate cross-sectional area (measured by CT and MRI) at a single time-point. We tested whether MT could be used as a valid marker of MRI determined muscle anatomical cross-sectional area (ACSA) and volume changes following resistance training (RT). Methods: Nine healthy, young, male volunteers (24±2 y.o., BMI 24.1±2.8 kg/m2) had vastus lateralis (VL) muscle volume (VOL) and ACSA mid (at 50\% of femur length, FL) assessed by MRI, and VL MT measured by ultrasound at 50\% FL. Measurements were taken at baseline and after 12 weeks of isokinetic RT. Differences between baseline and post-training were assessed by Student’s paired t-test. The relationships between MRI and ultrasound measurements were tested by Pearson’s correlation. Results: After RT, MT increased by 7.5±6.1\% (p}, doi = {10.1111/sms.12961}, eissn = {1600-0838}, issn = {0905-7188}, issue = {3}, journal = {Scandinavian Journal of Medicine \& Science in Sports}, note = {Will be published Gold OA. Replace AAM with publisher's PDF. Add date of publication, bib details etc change to published. Amend RIOXX and REF CC screens. Joanne Mallinson emailed for publication notification. KJH 24.08.17}, publicationstatus = {Published}, publisher = {Wiley}, url = {https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/883547}, volume = {28}, keyword = {MRI , ACSA , Ultrasound, Volume}, author = {Franchi, Martino V. and Longo, Stefano and Mallinson, Joanne E. and Quinlan, Jonathan I. and Taylor, Tariq and Greenhaff, Paul L. and Narici, Marco V.} }