The fiber-type-specific effect of inactivity and intermittent weight- bearing on the gastrocnemius muscle of 30-month-old rats

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 79, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 658-662

  Sandmann, Michael E ^a   Shoeman, Janice A ^a   Thompson, LaDora V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; FAST MUSCLE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; MUSCLE MASS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NONHUMAN; RAT; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SLOW MUSCLE; WEIGHT BEARING;

EID: 0031749373     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-9993(98)90040-5     Document Type: Article

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