Intramuscular connective tissue differences in spastic and control muscle: A mechanical and histological study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2014, Pages

  De Bruin, Marije ^a   Smeulders, Mark J ^a   Kreulen, Michiel ^a,b   Huijing, Peter A ^c   Jaspers, Richard T ^c  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL SIZE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOMYSIUM; FASCIA; FEMALE; FLEXOR CARPI ULNARIS MUSCLE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRAMUSCULAR CONNECTIVE TISSUE DIFFERENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; MUSCLE RIGIDITY; MUSCLE TONE; MUSCULOSKELETAL FUNCTION; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; PERIMYSIUM; PERIMYSIUM THICKNESS; SARCOMERE LENGTH; SARCOMERE LENGTH SLOPE OF TENSION CURVE; SCHOOL CHILD; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TERTIARY PERIMYSIUM; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT; YOUNG MODULUS; ADOLESCENT; BIOMECHANICS; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; INNERVATION; MECHANICAL STRESS; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SARCOMERE; SPASTICITY; VASCULARIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; HUMANS; MUSCLE FIBERS, SKELETAL; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; MUSCLE TONUS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SARCOMERES; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 84903640454     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0101038     Document Type: Article

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