The fetus cannot exercise like an astronaut: Gravity loading is necessary for the physiological development during second half of pregnancy

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 221-228

  Sekulić, Slobodan R ^a   Lukač, Damir D ^b   Naumović, Nada M ^b  

^a Clinical Centre   (SCG)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOVI SAD   (Serbia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; GRAVITATIONAL STRESS; MECHANICAL STRESS; MICROGRAVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; BONE AND BONES; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GRAVITATION; GUINEA PIGS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PREGNANCY; SPACE FLIGHT; WEIGHTLESSNESS;

CAVIA PORCELLUS; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 11144269066     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2004.08.012     Document Type: Article

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