The degree of recovery in swallowing ability in older inpatients with aspiration pneumonia is related to intramuscular adipose tissue of the quadriceps than to muscle mass

• Naoki Akazawa ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: akazawa@tks.bunri-u.ac.jp

  Affiliation Department of Physical Therapy, Faculty of Health and Welfare, Tokushima Bunri University, Tokushima, Tokushima, Japan

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7330-4353

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• Masaki Kishi,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Methodology, Supervision

  Affiliation Department of Rehabilitation, Kasei Tamura Hospital, Wakayama, Wakayama, Japan

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• Toshikazu Hino,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision

  Affiliation Department of Rehabilitation, Kasei Tamura Hospital, Wakayama, Wakayama, Japan

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• Ryota Tsuji,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision

  Affiliation Department of Rehabilitation, Kasei Tamura Hospital, Wakayama, Wakayama, Japan

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• Kimiyuki Tamura,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision

  Affiliation Department of Rehabilitation, Kasei Tamura Hospital, Wakayama, Wakayama, Japan

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• Akemi Hioka,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation

  Affiliation Department of Physical Therapy, Faculty of Health and Welfare, Tokushima Bunri University, Tokushima, Tokushima, Japan

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• Hideki Moriyama

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Life and Medical Sciences Area, Health Sciences Discipline, Kobe University, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan

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