Hip, thigh and calf muscle atrophy and bone loss after 5-week bedrest inactivity

European Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 283-289

  Berg, Hans E ^b   Eiken, Ola ^a   Miklavcic, Lucijan ^c   Mekjavic, Igor B ^d  

^a SWEDISH DEFENCE RESEARCH AGENCY   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c Orthopaedic Hospital Valdoltra   (Slovenia)

^d JO EF STEFAN INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Computerised tomography; Humans; Maximum voluntary strength; Microgravity; Muscle mass; Unloading; Unweighting

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BED REST; BONE DENSITY; BONE MINERAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HIP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE MASS; MUSCLE STRAIN; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NORMAL HUMAN; OSTEOLYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; THIGH; TIBIA; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT; WEIGHTLESSNESS;

ADULT; BED REST; BONE DENSITY; BONE REMODELING; EXERCISE THERAPY; HIP; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULAR ATROPHY; PILOT PROJECTS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; REFERENCE VALUES; THIGH; TIBIA; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 33846683657     PISSN: 14396319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00421-006-0346-y     Document Type: Article

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