In vivo Measurement of Knee Extensor Muscle Function in Mice

Camille R. Brightwell; Ted G. Graber; Benjamin D. Brightwell; Matthew Borkowski; Brian Noehren; Christopher S. Fry

doi:10.3791/62211

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In vivo Measurement of Knee Extensor Muscle Function in Mice

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In vivo Measurement of Knee Extensor Muscle Function in Mice

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DOI:

10.3791/62211-v

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March 04, 2021

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Camille R. Brightwell^1,2, Ted G. Graber³, Benjamin D. Brightwell^4,5, Matthew Borkowski⁶, Brian Noehren^5,7, Christopher S. Fry^1,2

¹Department of Athletic Training and Clinical Nutrition,University of Kentucky ²Center for Muscle Biology,University of Kentucky ³Department of Physical Therapy,East Carolina University ⁴Kinesiology and Health Promotion Graduate Program,University of Kentucky ⁵Biomotion Lab, College of Health Sciences,University of Kentucky ⁶Aurora Scientific ⁷Department of Physical Therapy, College of Health Sciences,University of Kentucky

Summary

Quantification of knee extensor maximal strength is imperative to understand functional adaptations to aging, disease, injury, and rehabilitation. We present a novel method to repeatedly measure in vivo knee extension isometric peak tetanic torque.

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