Possible involvement of IGF‐1 signaling on compensatory growth of the infraspinatus muscle induced by the supraspinatus tendon detachment of rat shoulder

A rotator cuff tear (RCT) is a common musculoskeletal disorder among elderly people. RCT is often treated conservatively for functional compensation by the remaining muscles. However, the mode of such compensation after RCT has not yet been fully understood. Here, we used the RCT rat model to invest...

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Main Authors: Ichinose, Tsuyoshi, Lesmana, Ronny, Yamamoto, Atsushi, Kobayashi, Tsutomu, Shitara, Hitoshi, Shimoyama, Daisuke, Takatsuru, Yusuke, Iwasaki, Toshiharu, Shimokawa, Noriaki, Takagishi, Kenji, Koibuchi, Noriyuki
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Wiley Periodicals, Inc. 2014
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3967680/