Electrical stimulation prevents immobilization atrophy in skeletal muscle of rabbits

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 78, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 512-517

  Qin, L ^a   Appell, H J ^b   Chan, K M ^a   Maffulli, N ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b GERMAN SPORT UNIVERSITY COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HISTOLOGY; IMMOBILIZATION; MORPHOMETRICS; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE BLOOD FLOW; MUSCLE EXCITATION; MUSCLE MASS; NONHUMAN; RABBIT; REGENERATION;

EID: 0030906765     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-9993(97)90166-0     Document Type: Article

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