Long-term changes in the density and structure of the human hip and spine after long-duration spaceflight

Acta Astronautica

Volumn 67, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 71-81

  Dana Carpenter, R ^a   LeBlanc, Adrian D ^b   Evans, Harlan ^c   Sibonga, Jean D ^b   Lang, Thomas F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^c WYLE LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Bone densitometry; Bone QCT; Mechanical loading; Osteoporosis; Spaceflight

Indexed keywords

AGE-RELATED BONE LOSS; BONE DENSITOMETRY; BONE GEOMETRY; BONE MINERAL CONTENT; BONE MINERAL DENSITY; CORTICAL BONE; CREW MEMBERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL AREAS; FEMORAL NECKS; INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATIONS; LONG-TERM CHANGES; LONG-TERM EFFECTS; LUMBAR SPINES; MEAN AGES; MECHANICAL LOADING; OSTEOPOROSIS; QUANTITATIVE COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIES; TERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENTS; TIME POINTS;

BIOMECHANICS; CHEMICAL SHIFT; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; MANNED SPACE FLIGHT; MINERALS; SILICATE MINERALS; SPACE STATIONS;

BONE;

EID: 77950338438     PISSN: 00945765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actaastro.2010.01.022     Document Type: Article

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