... weeks of one-legged knee immobilization via a full-leg cast. Before and immediately after the immobilization period and after 6 weeks of natural rehabilitation, muscle strength [1RM (one-repetition maximum)], muscle CSA [single slice CT (computed tomography) scan] and muscle fibre type characteristics...

... concave, P < 0.05) and a lesser proportion of type I fibres (63 ± 12% convex, 49 ±9% concave, P < 0.05) on the concavity. 5. The results are consistent with effects on muscle protein turnover secondary to an increased muscle contractile activity on the curve convexity and functional immobilization...

...J. N. A. Gibson; D. Halliday; W. L. Morrison; P. J. Stoward; G. A. Hornsby; P. W. Watt; G. Murdoch; M. J. Rennie 1. Quadriceps muscle protein turnover was assessed in the post-absorptive state in six men immediately after the end of unilateral leg immobilization (37 ± 4 days) in a plaster cast...

...M. J. White; C. T. M. Davies 1. The contractile properties of the triceps surae were evaluated in 11 patients after unilateral fracture of the lower leg and subsequent immobilization for 135 ± 68 days. Calf muscle cross-sectional area (plus bone: CSA) was assessed from anthropometric measurement. 2...

... periods may predispose to spinal osteoporosis. 8 10 1982 23 11 1982 © 1983 The Biochemical Society and the Medical Research Society 1983 bone mineral content immobilization osteoporosis spine Clinical Science (1983) 64,537-540 537 Vertebral bone loss: an unheeded side effect...