The effects of rehabilitation on the muscles of the trunk following prolonged bed rest

European Spine Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 808-818

  Hides, Julie A ^a,b,c   Lambrecht, Gunda ^d   Richardson, Carolyn A ^c   Stanton, Warren R ^a,b   Armbrecht, Gabriele ^e   Pruett, Casey ^f   Damann, Volker ^g   Felsenberg, Dieter ^e   Belavý, Daniel L ^e  

^a AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MATER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d Krankengymnastikpraxis ^*  (Germany)

^e CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^f Wyle Laboratories GmbH   (Germany)

^g EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (France)

Author keywords

Bed rest; Gravity; Magnetic resonance imaging; Multifidus muscle; Psoas muscle; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BED REST; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HUMAN; KINESIOTHERAPY; LUMBAR ERECTOR SPINAE MUSCLE; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; MULTIFIDUS MUSCLE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSOAS MUSCLE; QUADRATUS LUMBORUM MUSCLE; REHABILITATION; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPECIFIC MOTOR CONTROL TRAINING; TRUNK FLEXOR AND GENERAL STRENGTH TRAINING;

ADULT; BACK; BED REST; EXERCISE THERAPY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULAR ATROPHY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79956205452     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: 14320932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-010-1491-x     Document Type: Article

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