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. 2025 Apr 11;4(2):11. doi: 10.3390/muscles4020011
1RM One-repetition maximum
BM Body mass
BMI Body mass index
BW Bone weight
CSSQ Cross-sectional section of the quadriceps
DAM Median absolute deviation
Dif1 Anterior fat EI minus RF EI
Dif2 Anterior fat EI minus anterior VI EI
Dif3 Anterior fat EI minus the average of RF EI + anterior VI EI
Dif4 Lateral fat EI minus VL EI
Dif5 Anterior fat EI minus lateral VI EI
Dif6 Lateral fat EI minus the average of VL EI + lateral VI EI
Ecto Ectomorphy
EI Echo-intensity
EIRF EI of the RF
EISFTAR EI of subcutaneous fat tissue in the anterior region
EISFTLR EI of subcutaneous fat tissue in the lateral region
EIVIAR EI of the VI in the anterior region
EIVILR EI of the VI in the lateral region
EIVL EI of the VL
Endo Endomorphy
FTLT Fat thickness in the lateral region
FW Fat weight
M Mean
Meso Mesomorphy
MRI Magnetic resonance imaging
MW Muscle weight
n Sample size
PARF Pennation angle of the RF
PAVL Pennation angle of the VL
RW Residual weight
SD Standard deviation
SFTTAR Subcutaneous fat tissue thickness in the anterior region
T Tomography
TAT Total anterior thickness
TLT Total lateral thickness
TRF Thickness of the RF
TVIAR Thickness of the VI in the anterior region
TVILR Thickness of the VI in the lateral region
TVL Thickness of the VL
US Ultrasound
WHO World Health Organization
WHR Waist-to-hip ratio