Structural and functional adaptations of skeletal muscle to weightlessness

International Journal of Sports Medicine, Supplement

Volumn 18, Issue SUPPL. 4, 1997, Pages

  Desplanches, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

Atrophy; Contractile properties; Metabolic properties; Microgravity; Neuromotor control; Structure; Weightlessness

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; BODY POSTURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; GRAVITY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE TWITCH; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NONHUMAN; RAT; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPACE FLIGHT; WEIGHTLESSNESS; WORK CAPACITY;

FLIGHT EXPERIMENT; LONG DURATION; MANNED; MIR PROJECT; SHORT DURATION; STS SHUTTLE PROJECT;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; HUMANS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULAR ATROPHY; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; RATS; WEIGHTLESSNESS;

EID: 0030667283     PISSN: 0943917X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-972722     Document Type: Article

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