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Effects of skin stretching without joint movement on skin extensibility of rats

[Purpose] This study examined the possibility of maintaining skin extensibility by stretching the skin involved in disuse joint contracture. [Subjects and Methods] The study was carried out using 18 male Wistar rats. The rats were randomly allocated to three groups. The control group received no int...

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Autores principales: Tasaka, Atsushi, Ono, Takeya, Ishikura, Hideki, Aihara, Kazuki, Sato, Yuta, Matsumoto, Tomohiro, Morifuji, Takeshi, Oki, Sadaaki
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Society of Physical Therapy Science 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5080196/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27799714
http://dx.doi.org/10.1589/jpts.28.2656