Muscle‐fiber atrophy occurs concomitantly with intramuscular connective tissue proliferation
following denervation. These events contribute to the impairment of mechanical and …

Objective: To evaluate the effects of electrical stimulation (ES), stretching and their combined
effects in matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) gene expression and activity during early …

In a nerve crush model of denervation, we examined muscle matrix metalloproteinase
(MMP) expression, localization and activity. In normal muscle, MMP mRNA levels were low …

The purpose of the present study is to investigate the effects of low‐frequency electrical
muscle stimulation (ES) on the decrease in muscle mass, fiber size, capillary supply, and …

PROTEOLYTIC enzyme expression was studied by matrix metalloproteinases (MMP)
immunoreactivity (-IR) in muscle biopsies from patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis …

Matrix metalloproteases (MMPs) are key regulatory molecules in the formation, remodeling,
and degradation of extracellular matrix components in both physiological and pathological …

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of spinal cord injury (SCI) and
functional electrical stimulation (FES) of paralyzed muscles on type IV collagen content and …

We tested whether daily muscle electrical stimulation (ES) can ameliorate the decrease in
cortical bone strength as well as muscle and bone geometric and material properties in the …

Denervation alters the metabolism of the extracellular matrix (ECM) in skeletal muscle;
however, the underlying mechanisms of ECM remodeling are not fully understood. The aim …

Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) are a family of zinc‐dependent proteolytic enzymes that
function mainly in the extracellular matrix, where they contribute to the development …