Ultrasound: Which role in body composition?

Bazzocchi, Alberto; Filonzi, Giacomo; Ponti, Federico; Albisinni, Ugo; Guglielmi, Giuseppe; Battista, Giuseppe

doi:10.1016/j.ejrad.2016.04.005

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“…One limitation of this study is that we directly measured the thickness of the preperitoneal fat and the presence of steatosis as indicators of VAT, instead of the whole intra‐abdominal compartment. Nevertheless, this is an acceptable approach to assess VAT (Bazzocchi et al, ). Moreover, as the participants in this study were limited to prepubertal children, the current observations may only apply to children within this age range.…”

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Body frame size in school children is related to the amount of adipose tissue in different depots but not to adipose distribution

Garza

Ayala

Nava

et al. 2017

American J Hum Biol

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Body frame size in school children is related to the amount of adipose tissue in different depots but not to adipose distribution

Garza

Ayala

Nava

et al. 2017

American J Hum Biol

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“…The DXA accurately estimates bone, fat, and muscle masses but not water volume compartments. BIA devices, via the application of electrical currents sent through the body, estimate water volume and lean and fat masses, while U/S devices evaluate organ-specific fat content in semi-quantitative ways [7]. The provision of such methods in the evaluation of body composition is justified by the major effects that body composition exerts on human health.…”

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Chronic stress and body composition disorders: implications for health and disease

Stefanaki

Pervanidou

Boschiero³

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Recent studies have suggested that body composition is key to health and disease. First, fat tissue is a complex, essential, and highly active metabolic and endocrine organ that responds to afferent signals from traditional hormone systems and the central nervous system but also expresses and secretes factors with important endocrine, metabolic, and immune functions. Second, skeletal muscle mass is an important predictor of health in adult life, while severe mass loss has been associated with the frailty of old age. Studies have shown that skeletal muscle is also an important endocrine organ that secretes factors with autocrine, paracrine, or endocrine actions, which have been associated with inflammatory processes. Third, the bone is also a systemic endocrine regulator playing a pivotal role in health and disease. Finally, proper hydration in humans has been neglected as a health factor, especially in adults. Chronic stress and stress hormone hypersecretion alone or associated with distinct disorders, such as anxiety, depression, obesity, metabolic syndrome, autoimmune disorders, type 2 diabetes mellitus, and polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), have been associated with psychological and somatic manifestations, typically, increased fat mass, osteosarcopenia/frailty, cellular dehydration, and chronic systemic inflammation. This review aims to provide new insights into the newly developed concept of stress-related osteosarcopenic obesity and its prevention.

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“…Even if CT and MRI represent the gold standard in the study of BC, their use in daily clinical practice is not always feasible; ultrasound represents a convenient noninvasive technique to evaluate BC and muscle tissue (164). Its main advantages include simplicity, low cost and real time visualization of the target structure, without radiation exposure (165).…”

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Quantitative imaging techniques for the assessment of osteoporosis and sarcopenia

Guerri

Mercatelli

Gómez

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Quant. Imaging Med. Surg.

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Bone and muscle are two deeply interconnected organs and a strong relationship between them exists in their development and maintenance. The peak of both bone and muscle mass is achieved in early adulthood, followed by a progressive decline after the age of 40. The increase in life expectancy in developed countries resulted in an increase of degenerative diseases affecting the musculoskeletal system. Osteoporosis and sarcopenia represent a major cause of morbidity and mortality in the elderly population and are associated with a significant increase in healthcare costs. Several imaging techniques are currently available for the non-invasive investigation of bone and muscle mass and quality. Conventional radiology, dual energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA), computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and ultrasound often play a complementary role in the study of osteoporosis and sarcopenia, depicting different aspects of the same pathology. This paper presents the different imaging modalities currently used for the investigation of bone and muscle mass and quality in osteoporosis and sarcopenia with special emphasis on the clinical applications and limitations of each technique and with the intent to provide interesting insights into recent advances in the field of conventional imaging, novel high-resolution techniques and fracture risk.

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Ultrasound: Which role in body composition?

Cited by 55 publications

References 56 publications

Body frame size in school children is related to the amount of adipose tissue in different depots but not to adipose distribution

Body frame size in school children is related to the amount of adipose tissue in different depots but not to adipose distribution

Chronic stress and body composition disorders: implications for health and disease

Quantitative imaging techniques for the assessment of osteoporosis and sarcopenia

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