LBNP treadmill exercise maintains spine function and muscle strength in identical twins during 28-day simulated microgravity

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 102, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 2274-2278

  Macias, Brandon R ^a   Cao, Peihong ^a   Watenpaugh, Donald E ^b   Hargens, Alan R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SLEEP CONSULTANTS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Back strength; Bed rest; Lower body negative pressure; Lumbar compressibility; Spaceflight

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACK MUSCLE; BED REST; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEAD TILTING; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; LORDOSIS; LOWER BODY NEGATIVE PRESSURE; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; MICROGRAVITY; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; TREADMILL EXERCISE; WEIGHT BEARING;

ADULT; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; ELASTICITY; EXERTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOWER BODY NEGATIVE PRESSURE; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC; WEIGHT-BEARING; WEIGHTLESSNESS;

EID: 34447540156     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00541.2006     Document Type: Article

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