Improved body composition after 8 wk of electrically stimulated leg cycling in tetraplegic patients

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 273, Issue 3 42-3, 1997, Pages

  Hjeltnes, Nils ^a   Aksnes, Anne Kirsti ^b   Birkeland, Kaare I ^b   Johansen, Johan ^b   Lannem, Anne ^b   Wallberg Henriksson, Harriet ^b  

^a SUNNAAS REHABILITATION HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Body temperature; Computer tomographic scan; Dual energy X ray absorptiometry; Lactate; Oxygen uptake; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM EXERCISE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY COMPOSITION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; HUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PATHOLOGICAL REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRIPLEGIA; SPINAL CORD INJURY;

EID: 0030824679     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.1997.273.3.r1072     Document Type: Article

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