Quantitative ultrasound imaging of the calcaneus: Precision and variations during a 120-day bed rest

Calcified Tissue International

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 16-21

  Laugier, P ^a   Novikov, V ^b   Elmann Larsen, B ^c   Berger, G ^a  

^a UPMC Univ Paris 06   (France)

^b INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL PROBLEMS   (Russian Federation)

^c ESA ESTEC MSM GS   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bed rest; Bone; Calcaneus; Microgravity; Ultrasound; Weightlessness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BED REST; BONE DENSITY; BONE REMODELING; CALCANEUS; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; INSTRUMENTATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ADULT; BED REST; BONE DENSITY; BONE REMODELING; CALCANEUS; HUMANS; IMMOBILIZATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 0033461796     PISSN: 0171967X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002230050005     Document Type: Article

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