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The Use Of Mechanotherapy To Promote The Recovery From Disuse Atrophy In Aging Rat Skeletal Muscle, Zachary Hettinger
The Use Of Mechanotherapy To Promote The Recovery From Disuse Atrophy In Aging Rat Skeletal Muscle, Zachary Hettinger
Theses and Dissertations--Rehabilitation Sciences
The combination of age and disuse-related skeletal muscle atrophy predisposes older adults to reduced mobility, loss of independence, and poor quality of life. Poor health outcomes resulting from periods of disuse in older adults are exacerbated by an inability to fully recover, ultimately accelerating geriatric populations towards further functional decline. Aged-related changes to skeletal muscle viscoelastic properties, specifically of muscle extracellular matrix (ECM) stiffness, may not only impact how muscle responds during recovery, but also to interventions intended to augment recovery. Remodeling of muscle ECM in the aged may therefore benefit muscle mass recovery, yet therapies focused on ECM remodeling …
Immunomodulatory Effects Of Massage In Skeletal Muscle, Christine Waters Banker
Immunomodulatory Effects Of Massage In Skeletal Muscle, Christine Waters Banker
Theses and Dissertations--Rehabilitation Sciences
The inflammatory process is a critical component of the repair and regeneration of skeletal muscle following injury. The influx of innate immune cells following injury is intricate, and temporal nature. Although required for proper repair and regeneration, the inflammatory process has been shown to exacerbate initial damage, prolonging the healing process. Complementary Alternative Medicine (CAM) treatments, such as massage therapy, are a promising substitute for pharmaceutical modulation of the inflammatory response, and recent studies into the efficacy of massage have begun to report the physiological benefits of massage application following injury. Nonetheless, there is a significant lack of sound mechanistic …