A longitudinal study of skeletal muscle following spinal cord injury and locomotor training

Spinal Cord

Volumn 46, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 488-493

  Liu, M ^a   Bose, P ^b   Walter, G A ^a   Thompson, F J ^b   Vandenborne, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Locomotor training; Skeletal muscle; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONTUSION; CYCLING; FEMALE; FLEXOR DIGITORUM MUSCLE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HINDLIMB; LOCOMOTION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE MASS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PLASTICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPINAL CORD INJURY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; TRAINING; TREADMILL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRICEPS SURAE MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EXERCISE THERAPY; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; LOCOMOTION; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 46749124693     PISSN: 13624393     EISSN: 14765624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.sc.3102169     Document Type: Article

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