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Human adductor muscles atrophy after short duration of unweighting.

Shino S Kawashima, Hiroshi H Akima, Shin-Ya SY Kuno, Atsuaki A Gunji, and Tetsuo T Fukunaga

Eur J Appl Physiol 92(4-5):602-5 (2004) PMID 15278355

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of 20 days of bed rest (BR) on the physiological cross-sectional area (PCSA) of the adductor (AD) muscle group. Five healthy men and five healthy women were kept on a horizontal bed for 20 days. To calculate the PCSA of the AD muscle group, transaxial magnetic resonance imaging of the right thigh was acquired four times for each of the subjects: (1) pre BR, (2) on the tenth day of BR, (3) post BR, and (4) 1 month after BR. Overall, the PCSA measurements of the AD muscle group and its individual muscles were significantly decreased on the tenth day of BR and at post BR; however, they had recovered to the baseline within 1 month of the reambulation period. The amount and pattern of relative change in the PCSA measurements of the AD muscle group were similar to those of the knee extensor (KE) and knee flexor (KF) muscle groups studied previously. These results suggested that the AD muscle group showed an atrophic response that was similar to the KE and KF muscle groups after unweighting; therefore, we should pay much more attention to the AD muscle group when considering countermeasures for future human spaceflight projects.

DOI: 10.1007/s00421-004-1184-4
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