The effect of compressed air massage on untraumatised rabbit skeletal muscle - a morphometric and ultrastructural study
| Autor: | Maurice Mars, M. A. Gregory |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2004 |
| Předmět: |
Pathology
medicine.medical_specialty Compressed air lcsh:Special situations and conditions Physical Therapy Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation law.invention chemistry.chemical_compound law Single hole Medicine compressed air massage skeletal muscle Massage Glycogen electron microscopy business.industry lcsh:RC952-1245 Skeletal muscle Anatomy ultrastructure medicine.anatomical_structure chemistry Ultrastructure Electron microscope business Myofibril morphometry |
| Zdroj: | South African Journal of Physiotherapy, Vol 60, Iss 1, Pp 19-28 (2004) |
| ISSN: | 2410-8219 0379-6175 |
| Popis: | One of the therapeutic uses of massage is to facilitate repairof damaged tissue. A potential hazard of massage is that direct pressure onmuscle is known to damage skeletal myofibres. This study examines theeffect of a new form of massage using compressed air on the morphology ofuntraumatised rabbit skeletal myofibres. Under anaesthetic, the left and right vastus lateralis muscles of 16 New Zealand, white rabbits were treated with 10 minutes of compressed air therapy at 1 Bar using a single hole (5 mm) applicator head and control biopsies were taken from the opposite limb. Biopsies were prepared for light microscopy and transmission electronmicroscopy. Morphometry, using image analysis revealed a significant increase in myofibre diameters 10 minutes (p < 0.001) and 24 hours (p |
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