Changes in spine height throughout 32 hours of bedrest

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 77, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1071-1073

  McGill, Stuart M ^a   Axler, Craig T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BED REST; BODY HEIGHT; BONE MASS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR DISK; MALE; MOBILIZATION; SPINE;

EID: 0029825942     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-9993(96)90071-4     Document Type: Article

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