Muscle thickness correlates to muscle cross sectional area in the assessment of strength training induced hypertrophy
(2017)
Journal Article
Franchi, M. V., Longo, S., Mallinson, J. E., Quinlan, J. I., Taylor, T., Greenhaff, P. L., & Narici, M. V. (in press). Muscle thickness correlates to muscle cross sectional area in the assessment of strength training induced hypertrophy. Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports, 28(3), https://doi.org/10.1111/sms.12961
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... Read More about Muscle thickness correlates to muscle cross sectional area in the assessment of strength training induced hypertrophy.