The effects of therapeutic electric stimulation on acute muscle atrophy in rats after spinal cord injury

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 82, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 1596-1603

  Misawa, Akiko ^a   Shimada, Yoichi ^a   Matsunaga, Toshiki ^a   Sato, Kozo ^a  

^a AKITA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Electric stimulation; Muscular atrophy; Rats, Wistar; Rehabilitation; Spinal cord injuries

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; HISTOLOGY; MALE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE TONE; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PERONEUS NERVE; RAT; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINAL CORD TRANSSECTION; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE;

EID: 0034749504     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/apmr.2001.25990     Document Type: Article

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