FROM SPACE FLIGHTS TO OSTEOPOROSIS

Space missions (microgravity) alter the balance between bone formation/resorption and induce bone loss. This effect represents a major limiting step in the realization of long-term space missions. A similar picture is induced by prolonged immobilization at bed (bed rest).  The Osteoporosis and Muscu...

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Main Authors: Giancarlo Bilancio, Cinzia Lombardi, Massimo Cirillo, Rado Pišot, Jörn Rittweger, Natale G. De Santo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: ANNALES ZRS, Scientific Publishing House of ZRS Koper 2015-04-01
Series:Annales Kinesiologiae
Online Access:http://ojs.zrs-kp.si/index.php/AK/article/view/60