Correlation between single-slice muscle anatomical cross-sectional area and muscle volume in thigh extensors, flexors and adductors of perimenopausal women.
Quantitative data on muscle volume (MV) are important for estimating maximal muscle power. The objective of this study was to determine the correlation between anatomical cross-sectional areas (ACSAs) and the MV in thigh muscles (extensors, flexors, adductors, and sartorius) in perimenopausal women, and to identify at which proximal-to-distal level a single-slice ACSA measurement with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) displays the highest correlation in each of these. Axial MRIs of the thigh were acquired in 41 perimenopausal women aged 50.8 +/- 3.2 years. Segmentation of the extensors, flexors, adductors, and the sartorius was performed between the femoral neck (0%) and the distal end of the intermediate vastus (100%). MVs were determined by numerical integration, and the ACSA was calculated from three-dimensional reconstructions at 10% intervals from proximal to distal. The extensors contributed 50%, the flexors 19%, the adductors 28%, and the sartorius 3% of the total thigh MV. Maximal correlations between ACSA and MV were observed at the 20-40% proximal-to-distal level in the extensors (R (2) = 0.73), at 30% in the adductors (R (2) = 0.82), and at 70% in the flexors (R (2) = 0.72) and sartorius (R (2) = 0.85), respectively. ACSA at 50% displayed the highest overall correlations (R (2) >or= 0.69) with MV for all muscle groups. Single-slice ACSAs from MRI displayed high correlations with MVs. Although the (proximal to distal) measurement locations with the highest correlation varied between the muscle groups, a single slice at the 50% location achieved the best compromise in terms of correlation between ACSA and MV across extensors, flexors, adductors and the sartorius.
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Institute of Anatomy and Musculoskeletal Research, Paracelsus Private Medical University, Strubergasse 21, 5020 Salzburg, Austria. sebastian.cotofana@pmu.ac.at
Hudelmaier
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Wirth
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Himmer
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Ring-Dimitriou
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Sänger
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Eckstein
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D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007090:Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D053580:Muscle Strength; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D009716:Numerical Analysis, Computer-Assisted; D009929:Organ Size; D047648:Perimenopause; D052097:Quadriceps Muscle / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D013848:Thigh
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