A New Approach to Assess the Gastrocnemius Muscle Volume in Rodents Using Ultrasound; Comparison with the Gastrocnemius Muscle Index

INTRODUCTION: The purpose of this study was to determine the reliability and validity of a new non-invasive ultrasound technique to measure gastrocnemius muscle atrophy after nerve denervation in an animal model. METHODS: In sixteen rodents an eight mm sciatic nerve gap was created. In the following...

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Autores principales: Nijhuis, Tim H. J., de Boer, Siebe A. S., Wahegaonkar, Abhijeet L., Bishop, Allen T., Shin, Alexander Y., Hovius, Steven E. R., Selles, Ruud W.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2013
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3542319/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23326570
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0054041

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