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MeSH Heading: Hindlimb Suspension
Tree Number(s): E05.472.760.370; E05.977.400; N06.230.150.440.950.400
Unique ID: D019417
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D019417
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.
Entry Term(s): Hindlimb Elevation; Hindlimb Immobilization; Hindlimb Unloading; Skeletal Unloading; Tail Suspension
Previous Indexing: Immobilization (1966-1996)
Public MeSH Note: 97
History Note: 97
Date Established: 1997/01/01
Date of Entry: 1996/06/10
Revision Date: 2018/06/29

Allowable Qualifiers: adverse effects (AE)

ethics (ES)

instrumentation (IS)

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physiology (PH)

psychology (PX)

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Concept UI: M0028892
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.
Terms: Hindlimb Suspension Preferred Term
Term UI T057910
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1997); Hindlimb Immobilization
Term UI T057909
Date02/27/1996
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1997); Hindlimb Elevation
Term UI T412573
Date04/24/2000
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2001); Hindlimb Unloading
Term UI T412574
Date04/24/2000
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2001)

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