Mechanical behavior of rats' femoral proximal thirds after a period of tail suspension and exercises;Comportamento mecânico do terço proximal de fêmures de ratos após período de suspensão pela cauda e exercitação

Acta Ortopedica Brasileira

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 254-257

  Shimano, Marcos Massao ^a,b   Volpon, José Batista ^a,b  

^a Laboratório de Bioengenharia   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Femur; Physical conditioning, animal; Rats; Weightlessness simulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 39649117335     PISSN: 14137852     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s1413-78522007000500004     Document Type: Article

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