Denervation of selected ankle extensors in animals results in locomotor changes. These changes have been suggested to permit preservation of global kinematic characteristics of the hindlimb during stance. The peak ankle joint moment is also preserved immediately after denervation of several ankle extensors in the cat, suggesting that the animal's response to peripheral nerve injury may also be ...

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Histochemical techniques were used to study the postnatal muscle fibre differentiation patterns in the plantaris and soleus muscles of male Sprague-Dawley rats. Nine groups of animals (n = 6/group) were killed at 1, 6, 11, 16, 21, 26, 31, 36, and 140 days of age. Serial transverse sections of the two muscles were stained with H & E, NADH-D, and myofibrillar ATPase with acid (pH 4.35) or alkali ...

background: a potential specific problem of patellar tendon graft in acl reconstruction is the possibility of graft-tunnel mismatch which could be more problematic with anatomic acl reconstruction where the femoral tunnel is placed low on the lateral wall of the lateral femoral condyle. the occasional occurrence of this mismatch raises the question that whether a correlation exists between pati...

background: palmaris longus (pl) is a muscle with marked variations. it is harvested as a tendon graft in many surgical proceduresin which a certain length of tendon is required. the aims of the present study were to determine the variations of this tendon in iranian population and to find whether the length of pl tendon could be estimated by measuring the forearm length and height.   methods: ...

Genetic background contributes substantially to individual variability in muscle mass. Muscle hypertrophy in response to resistance training can also vary extensively. However, it is less clear if muscle mass at baseline is predictive of the hypertrophic response. The aim of this study was to examine the effect of genetic background on variability in muscle mass at baseline and in the adaptive ...

background: peritendinous adhesions after repairing an injury to the digital flexor tendons are a major problem in hand surgery. non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug therapy may affect tendon healing and the development of peritendinous adhesions. the aim of this study was to evaluate ibuprofen effect in patients function after flexor tendon surgical repair.   method: thirty-five patients, who ...