MRI image of thigh muscles (IMAGE)

University of California - San Francisco

MRI image of thigh muscles

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MRI images of thigh muscles in a 62-year-old participant in the study, including quadriceps (red), hamstrings (green), sartorius (turquoise) and gracilis (yellow). The left/top image (2B) shows the muscles at the start of the study, and right/bottom image (2D) shows them after 48 months of weight cycling. Over this period, the participant’s muscle volume decreased by 16% while his BMI decreased by only 1.6%.

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