Electrical stimulation impairs early functional recovery and accentuates skeletal muscle atrophy after sciatic nerve crush injury in rats

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 685-693

  Gigo Benato, Davilene ^a   Russo, Thiago Luiz ^a   Geuna, Stefano ^b   Domingues, Natalia Rezende Santa Rosa ^a   Salvini, Tania Fátima ^a   Parizotto, Nivaldo Antonio ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO CARLOS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Electrical stimulation nerve injury; Neuromuscular impairment; Rehabilitation; Skeletal muscle

Indexed keywords

NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GENE EXPRESSION; MALE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE EXCITATION; MUSCLE MASS; NERVE CRUSH; NERVE REGENERATION; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCIATIC NERVE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SKELETAL MUSCLE ATROPHY; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE DENERVATION; MUSCLE FIBERS, SKELETAL; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULAR ATROPHY; NEURAL CELL ADHESION MOLECULES; NEURAL CONDUCTION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SCIATIC NEUROPATHY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77951277648     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: 10974598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.21549     Document Type: Article

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