Conduction velocity of nerve and muscle fiber action potentials after a space mission or a bed rest

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 114, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 86-93

  Ruegg, Dieter G ^a   Kakebeeke, Tanja H ^b   Gabriel, Jean Pierre ^a   Bennefeld, Monica ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS PARAPLEGIC RESEARCH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bed rest; Microgravity; Muscle fiber conduction velocity; Nerve fiber conduction velocity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BED REST; CONTROLLED STUDY; COSMONAUT; ELECTRODE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MICROGRAVITY; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE STIMULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLEUS MUSCLE; SPACE; TIBIAL NERVE; TORQUE;

FLIGHT EXPERIMENT; LONG DURATION; MANNED; MIR PROJECT; SHORT DURATION; SOYUZ TM25 PROJECT;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADULT; BED REST; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PERIPHERAL NERVES; SPACE FLIGHT; WEIGHTLESSNESS;

EID: 0037213743     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1388-2457(02)00329-2     Document Type: Article

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