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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 13, 1997
Filed:
Apr. 25, 1995
Steven L Nissen, Ames, IA (US);
John A Rathmacher, Nevada, IA (US);
Paul J Flakoll, Old Hickory, TN (US);
Iowa State University Research Foundation, Ames, IA (US);
Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN (US);
Abstract
A method for determining muscle mass in a human subject useful for monitoring athletic conditioning, weight loss programs, nutritional deficiencies, and disease states which cause muscle wasting is provided comprising administration of a bolus dose of a metabolic marker for 3-methylhistidine, the use of a three-compartment model to describe data from blood samples collected periodically thereafter, and calculation of muscle mass as a function of specific values generated by the model.
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