Functional recovery of the plantarflexor muscle group after hindlimb unloading in the rat

European Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 93, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 130-138

  Warren, G L ^a   Stallone, J L ^b   Allen, M R ^b   Bloomfield, S A ^b  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hindlimb suspension; Muscle injury; Overuse injury; Weightlessness

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANKLE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DYNAMOMETRY; FLEXOR MUSCLE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; GRAVITY; HINDLIMB; IMMOBILIZATION; IN VIVO STUDY; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MUSCLE EXERCISE; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE MASS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE TWITCH; NONHUMAN; PLANTARIS MUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SOLEUS MUSCLE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TORQUE;

NASA DISCIPLINE MUSCULOSKELETAL; NON-NASA CENTER;

ANIMALS; ANKLE JOINT; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FOOT; HINDLIMB SUSPENSION; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; TORQUE;

EID: 8444240411     PISSN: 14396319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00421-004-1185-3     Document Type: Article

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