Intensive exercise may preserve bone mass of the upper limbs in spinal cord injured males but does not retard demineralisation of the lower body

Spinal Cord

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 230-235

  Jones, L M ^a   Legge, M ^a   Goulding, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Bone mineral density (BMD); DEXA; Exercise; Spinal cord injury (SCI)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; BONE MASS; BONE MINERAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMINERALIZATION; EXERCISE; HUMAN; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD INJURY; WEIGHT BEARING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BONE DENSITY; BONES OF UPPER EXTREMITY; DENSITOMETRY, X-RAY; EXERCISE; EXERCISE THERAPY; HUMANS; LEG BONES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 0036261288     PISSN: 13624393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.sc.3101286     Document Type: Article

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