High force contractions as a countermeasure to muscle atrophy /

The purpose of this study was to test the hypotheses that (1) high stress eccentric contractions performed periodically by mouse triceps surae muscles during hind limb suspension would minimize atrophy and the accompanying functional loss, and (2) the extent of the attenuation of atrophy and functio...

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Main Author:	Wenke, Joseph Carl
Format:	Thesis Book
Language:	English
Published:	[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified] ; 2003.
Subjects:	Major kinesiology.
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