Whole muscle contractile parameters and thickness loss during 35-day bed rest

European Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 104, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 409-414

  Pišot, Rado ^a   Narici, Marco V ^b   Šimunič, Boštjan ^a   De Boer, Maarten ^b   Seynnes, Olivier ^b   Jurdana, Mihaela ^a   Biolo, Gianni ^c   Mekjavič, Igor B ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRIMORSKA   (Slovenia)

^b MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^d Department of Automation Biocybernetics and Robotics   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Bed rest; Mechanomyography; Muscle contraction; Muscle thickness; Skeletal muscle; Tensiomyography; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BED REST; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEG MUSCLE; MALE; MICROGRAVITY; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; MUSCLE FIBER CONTRACTION; MUSCLE MASS; MYOELECTRICITY; MYOGRAPHY; NORMAL HUMAN; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VASTUS MEDIALIS MUSCLE;

ADULT; BED REST; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FIBERS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYOGRAPHY; TENDONS; WEIGHTLESSNESS SIMULATION;

EID: 50449100786     PISSN: 14396319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00421-008-0698-6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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