Spaceflight-induced bone loss: Is there an Osteoporosis Risk?

Current Osteoporosis Reports

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 92-98

  Sibonga, Jean D ^a  

^a NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Astronaut; Finite element modeling; Quantitative computed tomography

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; AGING; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; BONE TURNOVER; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COSMONAUT; DIET; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FRACTURE RISK; HIP; HUMAN; MINERAL METABOLISM; OSTEOLYSIS; OSTEOPOROSIS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PROBABILITY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; RISK FACTOR; SPACE FLIGHT; SPINE; WEIGHTLESSNESS;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; ASTRONAUTS; BONE DENSITY; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; OSTEOPOROSIS; SPACE FLIGHT; UNITED STATES; WEIGHTLESSNESS;

EID: 84879091707     PISSN: 15441873     EISSN: 15442241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11914-013-0136-5     Document Type: Article

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