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[The effect of free and forced remobilization on the mineral content and distribution in previously immobilized long
Abstract:
Effect of free and forced remobilization on the mineral content and distribution of the mineral content in the formerly immobilized bones of the extremities was examined. Authors performed after plaster immobilization free and forced (on production line) remobilization in rats. After the 3 weeks immobilization and the following 8 weeks remobilization the mineral content of the bones of the extremities, formerly in plaster, and the density of the mineral did not reach the parameters of the bones of the free extremities.
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