Compressed air massage causes capillary dilation in untraumatised skeletal muscle: a morphometric and ultrastructural study

Physiotherapy

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 131-137

  Gregory, M A ^a   Mars, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Capillaries; Compressed air massage; Light and electron microscopy; Morphometry; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

TOLONIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; CAPILLARY FLOW; COMPRESSED AIR MASSAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MASSAGE; MICROANGIOPATHY; MORPHOMETRICS; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUSCLE BLOOD FLOW; MUSCLE CAPILLARY; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SOUTH AFRICA; TISSUE SECTION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TREATMENT DURATION; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VASODILATATION; VASTUS LATERALIS MUSCLE;

EID: 28244492877     PISSN: 00319406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physio.2004.11.007     Document Type: Article

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