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Essential Amino Acid Supplementation Mitigates Muscle Atrophy After Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial

BACKGROUND: Substantial muscle atrophy occurs after total knee arthroplasty (TKA), resulting in decreased strength and impaired mobility. We sought to determine whether perioperative supplementation with essential amino acids (EAA) would attenuate muscle atrophy following TKA and whether the supplem...

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Autores principales: Dreyer, Hans C., Owen, Erin C., Strycker, Lisa A., Smolkowski, Keith, Muyskens, Jonathan B., Kirkpatrick, Tessa K., Christie, Anita D., Kuehl, Kerry S., Lantz, Brick A., Shah, Steven N., Mohler, Craig G., Jewett, Brian A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6145559/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30280129
http://dx.doi.org/10.2106/JBJS.OA.18.00006