Electrical muscle stimulation after immediate nerve repair reduces muscle atrophy without affecting reinnervation

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 219-225

  Willand, Michael P ^a   Holmes, Michael ^a   Bain, James R ^a   Fahnestock, Margaret ^a   De Bruin, Hubert ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Denervated muscle; Electrical muscle stimulation; Fiber type; Functional recovery; Gastrocnemius; High frequency stimulation; Motor unit estimation; Muscle atrophy; Rat; Surgical repair

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE EXCITATION; MUSCLE REINNERVATION; NERVE REGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TIBIAL NERVE;

DENERVATED MUSCLE; ELECTRICAL MUSCLE STIMULATION; FIBER TYPE; FUNCTIONAL RECOVERY; GASTROCNEMIUS; HIGH-FREQUENCY STIMULATION; MOTOR UNIT ESTIMATION; MUSCLE ATROPHY; RAT; SURGICAL REPAIR;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXTREMITIES; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE DENERVATION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULAR ATROPHY; ORGAN SIZE; RATS; RATS, INBRED LEW; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SYSTOLE;

EID: 84881024719     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: 10974598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.23726     Document Type: Article

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