The effect of a 5-day space flight on the immature rat spine

Spine Journal

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 239-243

  Sinha, Raj K ^a,d   Shah, Suken A ^b   Hume, Eric L ^c   Tuan, Rocky S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DUPONT COMPANY   (United States)

^c THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ARTHRITIS AND MUSCULOSKELETAL AND SKIN DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Biochemistry; Biomechanics; Disc; Spaceflight; Vertebrae

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; COLLAGEN; HYDROXYPROLINE; PHOSPHORUS; PROTEOGLYCAN; SODIUM CHLORIDE; WATER;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOMECHANICS; BONE STRENGTH; CALCIUM BONE LEVEL; CHEMISTRY; COMPRESSION; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; DISKOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FREEZE DRYING; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMOBILIZATION; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; LUMBAR SPINE; MECHANICAL STRESS; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PATHOLOGY; RAT; RAT STRAIN; SPACE FLIGHT; SPINE; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THAWING; THORACIC SPINE; WATER CONTENT; WEIGHTLESSNESS;

FLIGHT EXPERIMENT; MANNED; SHORT DURATION; STS-48 SHUTTLE PROJECT;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BIOMECHANICS; COLLAGEN; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; FEMALE; PROTEOGLYCANS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPACE FLIGHT; SPINE; WEIGHTLESSNESS;

EID: 0037043459     PISSN: 15299430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1529-9430(02)00197-3     Document Type: Article

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