Muscle recovery after immobilisation by external fixation

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 81, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 896-901

  Zarzhevsky, N ^a   Coleman, R ^a   Volpin, G ^a,b   Fuchs, D ^a,c   Stein, H ^a,d   Reznick, A Z ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b WESTERN GALILEE HOSPITAL   (Israel)

^c BNAI ZION MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^d RAMBAM MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID PHOSPHATASE; CREATINE KINASE; MUSCLE ENZYME;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXTERNAL FIXATOR; FEMALE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HINDLIMB; HISTOLOGY; IMMOBILIZATION; MUSCLE MASS; MYOPATHY; NONHUMAN; PLANTARIS MUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; RAT; SOLEUS MUSCLE;

ACID PHOSPHATASE; ADIPOCYTES; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CELL NUCLEUS; CREATINE KINASE; EXTERNAL FIXATORS; FEMALE; IMMOBILIZATION; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYOFIBRILS; ORGAN SIZE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 0032886210     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.81B5.9150     Document Type: Article

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