Massage is a widely accepted manual therapy used to modulate the inflammatory response
of muscle and restore function, but prolonged compression of muscle potentially causes …

Cyclic compressive loading (CCL) is a massage mimetic that improves muscle regrowth
from atrophy in adult rats. Therefore, we tested if a single bout of CCL increases anabolic …

Massage is an ancient manual therapy widely utilized by individuals seeking relief from
various musculoskeletal maladies. Despite its popularity, the majority of evidence …

Aim Interventions that decrease atrophy during disuse are desperately needed to maintain
muscle mass. We recently found that massage as a mechanotherapy can improve muscle …

Massage is a viable mechanotherapy to improve protein turnover during disuse atrophy and
improve muscle regrowth during recovery from disuse atrophy in adult muscle. Therefore …

Key points Muscle fibre cross sectional area is enhanced with massage in the form of cyclic
compressive loading during regrowth after atrophy. Massage enhances protein synthesis of …

Introduction: Macrophage infiltration may play an important role in mediating the
development of muscle atrophy. However, temporal differences in the activation of muscle …

BACKGROUND: Cutaneous burn distant from skeletal muscles induces atrophy; however,
its effect on muscle stem cells resident in skeletal muscle (satellite cells) distal to burn is not …

Impaired recovery of aged muscle following a disuse event is an unresolved issue facing the
older adult population. Although investigations in young animals have suggested that rapid …

Aging is associated with diminished muscle mass, reductions in muscle stem cell functions,
and increased muscle fibrosis. The immune system, especially macrophages, can have …