Effects of static load on the weight and protein content in the leg muscles of the mouse: A simulation of prolonged standing in the workplace

Industrial Health

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 401-407

  Ueno, Satoru ^a   Yokoyama, Kazuhito ^b   Okuno, Makoto ^c   Wang, Rui Sheng ^a   Fujioka, Yosei ^d   Kobayashi, Yasuki ^d  

^a NATL INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^b MIE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hypergravity; Rat; Simulation of static load; Soleus muscle

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTININ; DESMIN; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 70; VINCULIN;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CENTRIFUGATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; GRAVITY; KIDNEY; LEG MUSCLE; LIVER; MALE; MOUSE; MUSCLE INJURY; MUSCLE MASS; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; PROTEIN CONTENT; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; SOLEUS MUSCLE; STANDING; STATIC EXERCISE; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; WEIGHT BEARING; WESTERN BLOTTING; WORKPLACE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 7944235617     PISSN: 00198366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2486/indhealth.42.401     Document Type: Article

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