Magnetic resonance imaging assessment of trunk muscles during prolonged bed rest

Spine

Volumn 32, Issue 15, 2007, Pages 1687-1692

  Hides, Julie A ^a,b   Belavý, Daniel L ^a,c   Stanton, Warren ^a,b   Wilson, Stephen J ^a   Rittweger, Jörn ^d   Felsenberg, Dieter ^c   Richardson, Carolyn A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b Mater Misericordiae Health Services   (Australia)

^c CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^d MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abdominal muscles; Bed rest; Inactivity; Magnetic resonance imaging; Multifidus muscle; Trunk muscles

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL MUSCULATURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACK MUSCLE; BED REST; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MOBILIZATION; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSOAS MUSCLE; RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCLE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 34447300433     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e318074c386     Document Type: Article

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