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Investigative Techniques > Weightlessness Simulation > Hindlimb Suspension
... > Environment and Public Health > Environment > Environment, Controlled > Space Simulation > Weightlessness Simulation > Hindlimb Suspension
... > Biological Phenomena > Ecological and Environmental Phenomena > Environment > Environment, Controlled > Space Simulation > Weightlessness Simulation > Hindlimb Suspension
Therapeutics > Behavior Control > Restraint, Physical > Hindlimb Suspension
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Investigative Techniques > Immobilization > Restraint, Physical > Hindlimb Suspension

Preferred term

Hindlimb Suspension  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Elevation, Hindlimb
  • Hindlimb Elevation
  • Hindlimb Immobilization
  • Hindlimb Unloading
  • Immobilization, Hindlimb
  • Unloading, Hindlimb
  • Unloadings, Hindlimb

Scope note

  • Technique for limiting use, activity, or movement by immobilizing or restraining animal by suspending from hindlimbs or tails. This immobilization is used to simulate some effects of reduced gravity and study weightlessness physiology.

History note

  • 97

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D019417

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