Influence of complete spinal cord injury on skeletal muscle cross-sectional area within the first 6 months of injury

European Journal of Applied Physiology and Occupational Physiology

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 373-378

  Castro, Michael J ^a   Apple Jr , David F ^b   Hillegass, Ellen A ^c   Dudley, Gary A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b SHEPHERD CENTER   (United States)

^c GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross sectional area; MR imaging; Skeletal muscle; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HAMSTRING; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE MASS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PLANTARIS MUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SOLEUS MUSCLE; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE;

NON-PROGRAMMATIC;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATROPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; THIGH; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0032863335     PISSN: 03015548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004210050606     Document Type: Article

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