Non-Invasive and Quantitative Evaluation for Disuse Muscle Atrophy Caused by Immobilization After Limb Fracture Based on Surface Electromyography Analysis
Lvgang Shi, Yuyin Hong, Shun Zhang, Hao Jin, Shengming Wang, Gang Feng · 2024
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Lvgang Shi and co-authors test in a 2024 study whether skin-surface electric signals can grade muscle wasting in limbs kept still after a fracture. Today, grading leans on a doctor's eye or on needle tests that hurt. The team first suspended rats' hind legs for up to three weeks to waste the muscle in a controlled way.
Stains showed which fiber types shrank, and each fiber type matched its own band in the signal's spectrum. Human tests over twenty-one days then used those bands to track fiber loss without needles. A painless surface test could guide rehab dosing after casts come off.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Lvgang Shi, Yuyin Hong, Shun Zhang, Hao Jin, Shengming Wang, Gang Feng |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 34 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |