[Influence of muscular activity on changes in the metabolism of tendotomized muscle]

The muscular activity is established to inhibit the development of atrophic and dystrophic changes and accelerates the restoration of normal biochemical status in a tendotomized muscle. Surgical desympathization does not remove this effect of the increased muscular activity. However surgical desympathization lowers the degree of compensatory biochemical changes in the symmetrical intact muscle of the other leg. Atrophical phenomena is little expressed and dystrophical changes are absent in the tendotomized trained muscles.