Effects of spinal cord injury on body composition and metabolic profile - Part I

Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 693-702

  Gorgey, Ashraf S ^a,b   Dolbow, David R ^c   Dolbow, James D ^a   Khalil, Refka K ^a   Castillo, Camilo ^d   Gater, David R ^e  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^d MedStar Cardiovascular Research Network   (United States)

^e PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Body composition; Glucose metabolism; Lipid metabolism; Metabolic profile; Muscle mass; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; SOMATOMEDIN; TESTOSTERONE; GLUCOSE;

ADAPTATION; AWARENESS; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; ENERGY BALANCE; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; FAT FREE MASS; GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; GROWTH HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HOMEOSTASIS; HORMONE ACTION; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; INJURY SEVERITY; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; METABOLISM; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; RESTING METABOLIC RATE; REVIEW; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPASTICITY; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; COMPLICATION; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; LIPID METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

BODY COMPOSITION; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; GLUCOSE; HUMANS; LIPID METABOLISM; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 84910645087     PISSN: 10790268     EISSN: 20457723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/2045772314Y.0000000245     Document Type: Review

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