Muscle pathology in lower motor neuron paraplegia and h-b FES

After complete Spinal Cord Injury (SCI), causing complete disconnection between the muscle fibers and the nervous system, the denervated muscles become unexcitable with commercial electrical stimulators within several months and undergo severe atrophy and disorganization of contractile apparatus aft...

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Main Authors: Ugo Carraro, Helmut Kern
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PAGEPress Publications 2010-03-01
Series:European Journal of Translational Myology
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Online Access:http://pagepressjournals.org/index.php/bam/article/view/1873