Thigh Muscle Fat Infiltration Is Associated With Impaired Physical Performance Despite Remission in Cushing’s Syndrome

Martel-Duguech, Luciana
Alonso-Jiménez, Alicia
Bascuñana, Helena
Díaz-Manera, Jordi
Llauger, Jaume
Nuñez-Peralta, Claudia
Biagetti, Betina
Montesinos, Paula
Webb, Susan M
Valassi, Elena

IIB-Sant Pau and Department of Endocrinology/Medicine, Hospital Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain
UAB, Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain
Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Raras (CIBER-ER, Unidad 747), Barcelona, Spain
Neuromuscular Disorders Unit, Neurology Department, Hospital Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain
Rehabilitation Unit, Hospital Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain
Radiology Department, Hospital Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain
Endocrinology Department, Hospital Vall d’Hebron, Barcelona, Spain
Philips Healthcare, Madrid, Spain

Correspondence and Reprint Requests: Elena Valassi, MD, PhD, Hospital Sant Pau Department of Endocrinology, c/Sant Antoni Maria Claret 167 08025, Barcelona, Spain. E-mail: [email protected].

Received October 11, 2019

Accepted January 06, 2020

Revised March 23, 2020

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism 105(5):p e2039-e2049, May 2020. | DOI: 10.1210/clinem/dgz329