Muscle strength quantification in small animals: A new transcutaneous technique in rabbits

Journal of Orthopaedic Research

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1526-1532

  Meffert, Rainer H ^a   Frey, Sönke P ^a   Jansen, Hendrik ^a   Ochman, Sabine ^b   Raschke, Michael J ^b   Langer, Martin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Histomorphometry; Muscle force quantification; Muscle recovery; Small animals; Tibialis anterior compartment; Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BONE INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTRACTION OSTEOGENESIS; FOOT; LEG MUSCLE; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE INJURY; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE REGENERATION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCULOSKELETAL INJURY; NONHUMAN; PERONEUS NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SOFT TISSUE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; TISSUE STRUCTURE; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION; ANIMAL; CONVALESCENCE; DYNAMOMETER; HINDLIMB; INJURY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; WOUND HEALING;

ANIMALS; HINDLIMB; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MODELS, ANIMAL; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE STRENGTH DYNAMOMETER; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RABBITS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; TRANSCUTANEOUS ELECTRIC NERVE STIMULATION; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 55449133139     PISSN: 07360266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jor.20645     Document Type: Article

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