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The Journal of Nutrition Vol. 127 No. 5 May 1997, pp. 994S-997S
Copyright ©1997 by the American Society for Nutritional Sciences

Sarcopenia: Assessment of Muscle Mass

Henry Lukaski

U.S. Department of Agriculture, Grand Forks Human Nutrition Center, Grand Forks, ND 58202-9034

Despite general information that skeletal muscle mass is the largest organ in the body and despite increased awareness of the importance of skeletal muscle in biological function, methods and techniques for its routine assessment in humans are generally lacking. One important reason for the paucity of assessment tools is the relative lack of direct data on anatomical skeletal muscle mass in humans.

Key words: sarcopenia, muscle mass, aging.






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