The combined influence of hemorrhage and tourniquet application on the recovery of muscle function in rats

Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 47-51

  Walters, Thomas J ^a,c   Kragh, John F ^a,b   Kauvar, David S ^a   Baer, David G ^a  

^a US ARMY INSTITUTE OF SURGICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b BROOKE ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c USAISR   (United States)

Author keywords

Fiber type; Healing; Ischemia reperfusion injury; Rat; Regeneration; Repair; Skeletal muscle

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; MALE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE TWITCH; NONHUMAN; PLANTARIS MUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REPERFUSION INJURY; SOLEUS MUSCLE; TOURNIQUET;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HEMORRHAGE; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FIBERS, FAST-TWITCH; MUSCLE FIBERS, SLOW-TWITCH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; ORGAN SIZE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; REPERFUSION INJURY; TIME FACTORS; TOURNIQUETS;

EID: 37849009126     PISSN: 08905339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BOT.0b013e31815b3591     Document Type: Article

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