Changes of fiber type ratio and diameter in rabbit skeletal muscle during limb lengthening

Journal of Orthopaedic Science

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 75-78

  Yamazaki, Hisashi ^a,b   Abe, Muneaki ^a   Kanbara, Kiyoto ^a  

^a OSAKA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^b NONE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Change of fiber; Limb lengthening; Skeletal muscle

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; MUSCLE ENZYME;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME HISTOCHEMISTRY; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LEG LENGTHENING; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE DIAMETER; MUSCLE LENGTH; MUSCLE MASS; NONHUMAN; RABBIT; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TIBIA; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037283962     PISSN: 09492658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s007760300012     Document Type: Article

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