Intracellular and extracellular are important components to be able to examine the relationship but with skeletal muscle mass and physical functions. Segmental bioelectrical impedance spectroscopy was used in this study to assess skeletal muscle mass in the elderly. 73 healthy men and 20 elderly men requiring help segmental bioelectrical impedance spectroscopy used to assess intracellular and extracellular water in limbs. Elderly requiring care lower intracellular water than healthy elderly in upper and lower legs, significant relative expansion of extracellular water …show more content…
"Skeletal muscle contains ECW in vivo that is unrelated to muscle strength. Thus, it is important to assess the ECW compartment of skeletal muscle to examine the actual relationship between skeletal muscle mass and physical functions. Researchers and clinicians tend to regard imaging methods, such as MRI or CT, as the gold standard of skeletal muscle mass measurement" (Yanda, 2014). The Muscle composition of intramuscular adipose tissue, and connective tissue changes during aging. Relative expansion of ECW might be correlated with these changes of muscle composition. This should be noted that the muscle mass measured using imaging methods contains an ECW compartment even if intramuscular adipose and connective tissue is eliminated. This suggests the importance of measuring ICW and ECW to assess actual muscle cell atrophy. (Yanda,2014). The Expansion of the ECW in the upper and lower legs in elderly men required care with mobility ability. Method like a MRI and CT cannot discriminate ECW from total skeletal muscle tissue, and the relative expansion of ECW could mask actual muscle atrophy. The results now suggest the need to measure muscle cell mass rather than total muscle mass. Segmental BIS