Adaptation of the proximal femur to skeletal reloading after long-duration spaceflight.

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We studied the effect of re-exposure to Earth's gravity on the proximal femoral BMD and structure of astronauts 1 year after missions lasting 4-6 months. We observed that the readaptation of the proximal femur to Earth's gravity entailed an increase in bone size and an incomplete recovery of volumetric BMD.

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Journal ID (iso-abbrev): J Bone Miner Res

Title: Journal of bone and mineral research : the official journal of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research

Publisher: Wiley

ISSN: 0884-0431

ISSN (Print): 0884-0431

Publication date (Electronic): Aug 2006

Volume: 21

Issue: 8

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[1 ] Department of Radiology, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143-0946, USA. Thomas.Lang@radiology.ucsf.edu

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DOI: 10.1359/jbmr.060509

PubMed ID: 16869720

SO-VID: 9fb4fc16-e294-4c4d-a6aa-9be38e7c31d0

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