Massage as a mechanotherapy promotes skeletal muscle protein and ribosomal turnover but does not mitigate muscle atrophy during disuse in adult rats.

Marcus M LawrenceDouglas W Van PeltAmy L ConfidesEmily R HuntZachary R HettingerJaime L LaurinJustin J ReidFrederick F PeelorTimothy A ButterfieldEsther E Dupont-VersteegdenBenjamin F Miller

Published in: Acta physiologica (Oxford, England) (2020)

We conclude that massage is an effective mechanotherapy to impact protein turnover during muscle disuse in both the massaged and non-massaged contralateral muscle, but it does not attenuate the loss of muscle mass.

Keyphrases

skeletal muscle
insulin resistance
bone mineral density
protein protein
amino acid
binding protein
type diabetes
metabolic syndrome
small molecule
body composition