Blood flow restriction by low compressive force prevents disuse muscular weakness

Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 95-99

  Kubota, Atsushi ^a   Sakuraba, Keishoku ^a   Koh, Sadao ^b   Ogura, Yuji ^c   Tamura, Yoshifumi ^a  

^a JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Koh Orthopaedic Clinic   (Japan)

^c ST MARIANNA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Immobilization; Muscle strength; Muscular atrophy; Skeletal unloading; Weightlessness

Indexed keywords

ANKLE; ARTICLE; CONCENTRIC MUSCLE CONTRACTION; ECCENTRIC MUSCLE CONTRACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMMOBILIZATION; KNEE FUNCTION; MALE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE BLOOD FLOW; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PULSE WAVE; RANGE OF MOTION; WEIGHT BEARING;

ANKLE; HUMANS; IMMOBILIZATION; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; KNEE; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULAR DISORDERS, ATROPHIC; PRESSURE; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; TORQUE; WEIGHT-BEARING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952316886     PISSN: 14402440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsams.2010.08.007     Document Type: Article

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