OBJECTIVE To investigate the comparative treatment effects of ultrasound-guided pulsed radiofrequency treatment (UG-PRF) in the gastrocnemius interfascial space and ultrasound-guided interfascial injection (UG-INJ) on myofascial pain syndrome. METHODS Forty consecutive patients with myofascial pain syndrome of the gastrocnemius were enrolled and were allocated to one of the two groups. Twenty...

The anatomic size of the capillary-to-fiber (C/F) interface plays an important role in O(2) flux from blood to tissue by determining the surface area available for diffusion and is maintained in relative proportion to fiber mitochondrial volume across a wide range of muscle aerobic capacity. In the present study, we examined an estimate of the anatomic size of the C/F interface [the quotient of...

The aim of this work was to characterize quantitatively the arrangement of mitochondria in heart and skeletal muscles. We studied confocal images of mitochondria in nonfixed cardiomyocytes and fibers from soleus and white gastrocnemius muscles of adult rats. The arrangement of intermyofibrillar mitochondria was analyzed by estimating the densities of distribution of mitochondrial centers relati...

A comparison of biomechanical and biochemical markers muscle soleus gastrocnemius fatigue in rats for two days after 5 using antioxidant C60 fullerene (daily dose was 1 mg·kg-1) performed. It shown that its long-term use to increase strength response against the background by 60-65 35-40% slow fast muscle, respectively. The residual effect water-soluble on remains significant (20-25%) even 2 di...

Equinus is probably the most unrecognized, and untreated pathological condition affecting the human lower extremity. Numerous forefoot pathological symptoms are attributed to its devastating biomechanical forces, yet there is a large segment of foot and ankle surgeons who simply do not address the condition concurrently with other surgical intervention. It is the author’s opinion this relegatio...