Skeletal muscle unweighting: Spaceflight and ground-based models

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 95, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 2185-2201

  Adams, Gregory R ^a   Caiozzo, Vincent J ^a   Baldwin, Kenneth M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrophy; Bed rest; Immobilization; Limb suspension; Unloading

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; AIRPLANE CREW; BED REST; DATA BASE; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; GRAVITY; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; LEG; MICROGRAVITY; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPACE FLIGHT; VELOCITY;

EID: 0344845330     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00346.2003     Document Type: Review

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