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Effects of aging and voluntary exercise on the function of dystrophic muscle from mdx mice.
American journal of physical medicine & rehabilitation - 1 Jan 2000
Wineinger M A, Abresch R T, Walsh S A, Carter G T
Abstract excerpt
To understand how exercise affects the contractile function of dystrophic muscle, we examined the effect of long-term voluntary exercise on mdx mice and related these effects to our findings in sedentary aging mice. Although the mdx mouse is the genetic homolog for Duchenne muscular dystrophy, it does not demonstrate the same progression in limb muscle dysfunction as Duchenne muscular dystrophy as it ages. We...
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