Muscle contractile exercise through a belt electrode device prevents myofiber atrophy, muscle contracture, and muscular pain in immobilized rat gastrocnemius muscle.

<h4>Purpose</h4>Immobilization of skeletal muscles causes muscle atrophy, muscle contracture, and muscle pain, the mechanisms of which are related to macrophage accumulation. However, muscle contractile exercise through a belt electrode device may mitigate macrophage accumulation. We hyp...

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Main Authors: Yuichiro Honda, Ayumi Takahashi, Natsumi Tanaka, Yasuhiro Kajiwara, Ryo Sasaki, Seima Okita, Junya Sakamoto, Minoru Okita
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2022-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0275175