Animal models of neuromuscular diseases: pathophysiology and implications for rehabilitation.

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Animal models of neuromuscular diseases: pathophysiology and implications for rehabilitation.

Physical medicine and rehabilitation clinics of North America - 1 Feb 1998

Abresch R T, Walsh S A, Wineinger M A

Abstract excerpt

This article explains how animal models can be utilized to develop rehabilitation approaches to minimize the pathophysiology of neuromuscular diseases (NMD). Homologous animal models can be used to understand the pathogenesis of each NMD and the effect of physical interventions. Much of the curre...

Topics

Animals
Disease Models, Animal
Humans
Neuromuscular Diseases
Phenotype
Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine
Reproducibility of Results

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