Journal of Aging Research
Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 172957, 7 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/172957
Research Article
Intermuscular Adipose Tissue Is Muscle Specific and Associated with Poor Functional Performance
1Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of California, San Diego, Mail Code 0863, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
2Program in Physical Therapy, Washington University in St. Louis, MO 63108, USA
Received 3 January 2012; Revised 23 February 2012; Accepted 7 March 2012
Academic Editor: Neil D. Reeves
Copyright © 2012 Lori J. Tuttle et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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