The authors reply: Letter on: "Pitfalls in the measurement of muscle mass: a need for a reference standard" by Clark et al

Fanny Buckinx; Francesco Landi; Matteo Cesari; Roger A. Fieding; Marjolein Visser; Klaus Engelke; Stefania Maggi; Elaine Dennison; Nasser M. Al-Daghri; Sophie Allepaerts; Jurgen Bauer; Ivan Bautmans; Maria Luisa Brandi; Olivier Bruyère; Tommy Cederholm; Francesca Cerreta; Antonio Cherubini; Cyrus Cooper; Alphonso Cruz-Jentoft; Eugene McCloskey; Bess Dawson-Hughes; Jean Marc Kaufman; Andrea Laslop; Jean Petermans; Jean Yves Reginster; René Rizzoli; Sian Robinson; Yves Rolland; Ricardo Rueda; Bruno Vellas; John A. Kanis

doi:10.1002/jcsm.12387

The authors reply: Letter on: "Pitfalls in the measurement of muscle mass: a need for a reference standard" by Clark et al

Fanny Buckinx, Francesco Landi, Matteo Cesari, Roger A. Fieding, Marjolein Visser, Klaus Engelke, Stefania Maggi, Elaine Dennison, Nasser M. Al-Daghri, Sophie Allepaerts, Jurgen Bauer, Ivan Bautmans, Maria Luisa Brandi, Olivier Bruyère, Tommy Cederholm, Francesca Cerreta, Antonio Cherubini, Cyrus Cooper, Alphonso Cruz-Jentoft, Eugene McCloskeyBess Dawson-Hughes, Jean Marc Kaufman, Andrea Laslop, Jean Petermans, Jean Yves Reginster, René Rizzoli, Sian Robinson, Yves Rolland, Ricardo Rueda, Bruno Vellas, John A. Kanis

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However, semantics aside, we think that DXA can indeed serve as a reference standard for measuring muscle mass. Obviously, CT and MRI are advanced techniques that can and have been used to obtain important information such as muscle size/volume and more recently amount and distribution of intra- and intermuscular adipose tissue. Also individual muscles can be assessed separately. However, with respect to muscle mass, the comparison of DXA with CT/MRI is rather difficult because DXA and QCT/MRI measure different physical parameters.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1272-1274
Number of pages	3
Journal	Journal of Cachexia, Sarcopenia and Muscle
Volume	9
Issue number	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/jcsm.12387
Publication status	Published - Dec 2018

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First published: 29 January 2019

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Medical Research Council	MC_UU_12011/2, MC_UP_A620_1015

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Lean body mass
Lean mass
Muscle mass
Reference standard

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Buckinx, F., Landi, F., Cesari, M., Fieding, R. A., Visser, M., Engelke, K., Maggi, S., Dennison, E., Al-Daghri, N. M., Allepaerts, S., Bauer, J., Bautmans, I., Brandi, M. L., Bruyère, O., Cederholm, T., Cerreta, F., Cherubini, A., Cooper, C., Cruz-Jentoft, A., ... Kanis, J. A. (2018). The authors reply: Letter on: "Pitfalls in the measurement of muscle mass: a need for a reference standard" by Clark et al. Journal of Cachexia, Sarcopenia and Muscle, 9(7), 1272-1274. https://doi.org/10.1002/jcsm.12387

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