Declines in physical activity that accompany an admission to an intensive care unit (ICU)
represent a significant stress to the body. Decreases in physical activity have been …

The debilitating loss of function after a stroke has both primary and secondary effects on
sensorimotor function. Primary effects include paresis, paralysis, spasticity, and sensory …

Muscle mass is decreased with advancing age, likely due to altered regulation of muscle
fiber size. This study was designed to investigate cellular mechanisms contributing to this …

Muscular strength is essential for recovery after an acute illness. Disuse atrophy of muscle
begins within 4 hours of the start of bed rest resulting in decreases in muscle mass, muscle …

Las úlceras por presión han constituido un problema para la salud en general a través del
tiempo. La realidad es que son una preocupación para el cuidado de la salud y todos los …

Flywheel-based resistance exercise (RE) attenuates muscle atrophy during hindlimb
suspension. We have previously shown that protein synthesis is elevated in response to RE …

An alternative device for the immobilization of the hind limb of the rat was developed to study
the effects of chronic disuse on the soleus and tibialis anterior muscles, maintained for 3 …

The purpose of this study was to determine whether reloading of atrophied skeletal muscle
after 28 days of hind-limb unloading (HU) would produce significant sarcolemmal …

In multinucleated skeletal muscle fibres the size of the cytoplasmic volume-to-myonucleus
ratio is related to the myosin heavy chain phenotype, with the ratio being larger in those …

© 2012 The Japan Society of Histochemistry and The purpose of this study was to
investigate the effect of chronic moderate-intensity training in order to prevent muscle …