Muscle fiber regeneration in human permanent lower motoneuron denervation: Relevance to safety and effectiveness of FES-training, which induces muscle recovery in SCI subjects

Artificial Organs

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 187-191

  Carraro, Ugo ^a   Rossini, Katia ^a   Mayr, Winfried ^b,d   Kern, Helmut ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADUA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c WILHELMINEN HOSPITAL   (Austria)

^d MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Functional electrical stimulation; Human; Long term denervation; Lower motoneuron lesion; Myofiber regeneration; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

FUNCTIONAL ELECTRIC STIMULATION; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODIES; NEURONS;

DENERVATION; FIBER REGENERATION; FUNCTIONAL ELECTRI-CAL STIMULATIONS; HUMAN; LONG-TERM DENERVATION; LOW MOTONEURON LESION; MUSCLE FIBER; MYOFIBER REGENERATION; MYOFIBERS; SPINAL CORD INJURY;

MUSCLE;

MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ADIPOCYTE; ARTICLE; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LONG TERM CARE; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE DENERVATION; MUSCLE REGENERATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; MOTONEURON; MUSCLE ATROPHY; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REGENERATION; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ANIMALIA;

ELECTRIC STIMULATION; HUMANS; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE DENERVATION; MUSCLE FIBERS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULAR ATROPHY; REGENERATION; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 20644450782     PISSN: 0160564X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1594.2005.29032.x     Document Type: Article

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