The health of the human skeletal system for weight bearing against gravity: the role of deloading the musculo-skeletal system in the development of musculoskeletal injury
Richardson, C.A.
Journal of Gravitational Physiology a Journal of the International Society for Gravitational Physiology 9(1): P7-10
2002
ISSN/ISBN: 1077-9248 PMID: 14703663 Document Number: 541756
Musculo-skeletal disease is a major health problem which continues to increase in developed countries. A mechanism related hypothesis is presented to explain why most musculo-skeletal injury has an insidious onset and is not linked to a single traumatic event. The hypothesis predicts a close link between a dysfunction in the antigravity muscle system, which protects joints from injury, and the development of musculoskeletal disease patterns.