BAM 12 (6), 2002

Table of Contents

 Long-Term Permanent Denervated muscle
Biology and Rehabilitation by FES
Helmut Kern and Winfried Mayr, Guest Editors



Editorial     245        Elettrical Stimulation to restore function of denervated muscle
                                 Joze Trontelj

Articles      247        The biology and restorative capacity of long-term denervated skeletal muscle
                                 Bruce M. Carlson, Andrei B. Borisov, Eduard I Dedkov, Douglas Dow, Tatiana Y Kostrominova
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                   255        Differential response of muscle fibers and interfiber area to increased and decreased neuromuscular activity levels
                                 Roland R. Roy, Gordon R. Chalmers, Bian Jiang and V. Reggie Edgerton  [Full text pdf 165 Kb]

                   263        Modulation of trophism and fiber type expression of denervated muscle by different patterns of electrical stimulation
                                 Ugo Carraro     [Full text pdf 254 Kb]

                   273        MRI-Changes of Skeletal Muscle after denervation and LIB Electrical Stimulation
                                 Thomas Mokrush     [Full text pdf 142 Kb]

                   277        To stage and quantify regenerative myogenesis in human long-term permanent denervated muscle
                                 Katia Rossini, Maria Elena Zanin, Marzena Podhorska-Okolow 1, and Ugo Carraro    [Full text pdf 1.06 Mb]

                   287        Functional Electrical Stimulation (FES) of denervated muscles: existing and prospective technological solutions
                                 Winfried Mayr, Christian Hofer, Manfred Bijak, Dietmar Rafolt, Ewald Unger, Stefan Sauermann, Hermann Lanmueller,
                                 Helmut Kern    
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                   291        Functional electrical stimulation (FES) of long-term denervated muscles in humans: Clinical observations
                                
and laboratory findings
                                 Helmut Kern, Christian Hofer, Michaela Mödlin, Claudia Forstner, Winfried Mayr, Wolfgang Richter
                                 [Full text pdf 990 Kb]

Myology    297        2nd General Meeting of the EU Project RISE, Padova&Montegrotto Terme Italy, March 5-7, 2003.
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