Continuous monitoring of spine geometry: A new approach to study back pain in space

International Journal of Sports Medicine, Supplement

Volumn 18, Issue SUPPL. 4, 1997, Pages

  Baum, K ^a  

^a GERMAN SPORT UNIVERSITY COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Back pain; Human skeletal muscle; Microgravity; Spine; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

AEROSPACE MEDICINE; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; BACKACHE; BODY POSITION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DATA ANALYSIS; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; MICROGRAVITY; SPINE; ULTRASOUND; WEIGHTLESSNESS;

BACK PAIN; HUMANS; SPACE FLIGHT; SPINE; WEIGHTLESSNESS;

EID: 0030700529     PISSN: 0943917X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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