The most recent high-profile advocate for Americans with disabilities, actor Christopher
Reeve, has highlighted for the public the economic and social costs of disability and the …

Long-term manned spaceflight requires that flight crews be exposed to extended periods of
unweighting of antigravity skeletal muscles. This exposure will result in adaptations in these …

The protein dystrophin, normally found on the cytoplasmic surface of skeletal muscle cell
membranes, is absent in patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy as well as mdx (X …

ALTHOUGH murine X-linked muscular dystrophy (mdx) and Duchenne muscular dystrophy
(DMD) are genetically homologous and both characterized by a complete absence of …

Postflight changes in muscle volume, calf muscle transverse relaxation time, and total body
composition were measured in 4 crewmembers after a 17-day mission and in 14–16 …

Collagen fiber network is a major contributor to the coherence and tensile strength of normal
skeletal muscle. Despite the well-recognized importance of the intramuscular connective …

The hypothesis that distinct populations of macrophages are associated with muscle
necrosis and regeneration was examined in Wistar rat soleus muscle after 10 days of …

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sec>< jats: title> Matching of Motoneurons and Muscle Fiber Properties During Normal …

A Research Roundtable, organized by the American College of Sports Medicine with
sponsorship from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, met in November …

Skeletal muscle fibers have a unique capacity to adjust their metabolism and phenotype in
response to alternations in mechanical loading. Indeed, chronic mechanical loading leads to …