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Recovery from immobilization-induced atrophy of rabbit soleus muscles can be accelerated by chronic low-frequency
Quarterly Journal of Experimental Physiology (Cambridge, England)
|September 1, 1988
Abstract:
Immobilization of rabbit soleus muscles with an ankle joint angle of 90 degrees led to gross degeneration after 2 weeks. Natural recovery in the subsequent 2 weeks had little effect on the mean area of soleus fibres, although there were signs of regeneration. However chronic low-frequency activation of soleus muscles by nerve stimulation greatly accelerated recovery, producing muscle fibres of normal areas and with characteristics of maturity.