Strenuous exercise-induced alterations of muscle fiber cross-sectional area and fiber-type distribution in steroid myopathy rats

American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 126-133

  Uchikawa, Ken ^a,c   Takahashi, Hidetoshi ^b   Hase, Kimitaka ^b   Masakado, Yoshihisa ^b   Liu, Meigen ^b  

^a NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION MURAYAMA MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^b KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Tsukigase Rehabilitation Center ^*  (Japan)

Author keywords

Muscle Histochemistry; Neuromuscular Diseases; Rehabilitation; Treadmill Running

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; TRIAMCINOLONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CELL TYPE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTEROID INDUCED MYOPATHY; EXERCISE INTENSITY; EXTENSOR DIGITORUM LONGUS MUSCLE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MALE; MUSCLE MASS; NONHUMAN; RAT; SOLEUS MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; ATROPHY; BODY WEIGHT; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FIBERS; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULAR DISEASES; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASES; PHYSICAL CONDITIONING, ANIMAL; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TRIAMCINOLONE;

EID: 38349155805     PISSN: 08949115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PHM.0b013e31815869d0     Document Type: Article

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