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Article: New data from L. Wielopolski et al illuminate research in spinal cord injury.
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- Biotech Week
- Article date:
- March 11, 2009
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According to recent research from the United States, "Wielopolski L, Ramirez LM, Spungen AM, Swaby S, Asselin P, Bauman WA. Measuring partial body potassium in the legs of patients with spinal cord injury: a new approach."
"J Appl Physiol 106: 268-273, 2009. First published November 20, 2008; doi:10.1152/japplphysiol.90435.2008.-Patients with acute spinal cord injury (SCI) with paralysis experience rapid and marked muscle atrophy below the level of the lesion. Muscle is lost above the lesion due to enforced bed rest associated with immobilization. Presently, there is no viable method to quantify muscle loss between the time of injury to the initiation of ...