LEARNING OBJECTIVES

Explore the connection between muscle assessment measurements, muscle function, and outcomes.
Describe ultrasound imaging technique as an emerging bed-side tool to quantify muscle thickness and composition.
Explain stable isotope amino acid tracer approaches and implications of amino acid metabolism changes in critical illness.

PRESENTERS AND TOPICS
Muscle Form, Function, and Outcomes: What is the Connection?
Carla Prado, PhD, RD, Professor and Campus Alberta Innovate Program (CAIP) Chair in Nutrition, Food and Health; Director, Human Nutrition Research Unit, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Speaker recording not available.

Bedside Ultrasound for the Assessment of Muscle Thickness and Composition
Michael Paris, PhD, Assistant Professor, School of Kinesiology & Health Science, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Metabolic Amino Acid Flux Analysis: Principles and Interpretation
Nicolaas Deutz, MD, PhD, FASN, Director Center for Translational Research in Aging and Longevity; Ponder Endowed Chair; Professor, Department of Kinesiology & Sports Management, School of Education & Human Development and Department of Primary Care & Rural Medicine, School of Medicine, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX
Speaker recording not available.

Moderator
Sarah Peterson, PhD, RD, Assistant Professor, Department of Clinical Nutrition, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL

Level: Intermediate

Michael Paris PhD

Assistant Professor, School of Kinesiology & Health Science, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Appearances