Changes in lower extremity muscle function after 56 days of bed rest

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 87-94

  Buehring, B ^a,b   Belavy D L ^a   Michaelis, I ^a   Gast, U ^a   Felsenberg, D ^a   Rittweger, J ^c,d  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

EMG; Jump mechanography; Muscle force; Muscle power

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BED REST; BIOMECHANICS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; GERMANY; HUMAN; LEG; MALE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIBRATION; WEIGHTLESSNESS;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BED REST; BIOMECHANICS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; GERMANY; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; LINEAR MODELS; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIBRATION; WEIGHTLESSNESS COUNTERMEASURES; WEIGHTLESSNESS SIMULATION;

EID: 79960224521     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.01294.2010     Document Type: Article

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