Adaptations in muscle activity to induced, short-term hindlimb lameness in trotting dogs.

Muscle tissue has a great intrinsic adaptability to changing functional demands. Triggering more gradual responses such as tissue growth, the immediate responses to altered loading conditions involve changes in the activity. Because the reduction in a limb's function is associated with marked d...

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Main Authors: Stefanie Fischer, Ingo Nolte, Nadja Schilling
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3827467?pdf=render