The Change of Muscle Fiber by Aquatic Exercise on Rats Induced by Steroids Injection

스테로이드를 투여한 흰쥐에서 수중운동에 의한 근 섬유의 변화

  • Yoon, Se-Won (Dept. of Physical Therapy, Pohang Medical Center) ;
  • Lee, Jung-Woo (Dept. of Physical Therapy, Hongjae Clinic) ;
  • Choi, Suk-Joo (Dept. of Physical Therapy, Handong University Sun Lin Hospital)
  • 윤세원 (포항의료원 물리치료실) ;
  • 이정우 (홍제연합의원 물리치료실) ;
  • 최석주 (한동대학교 선린병원 물리치료실)
  • Published : 2003.12.31

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to know the effect of aquatic-exercise on muscle atrophy which induced by steroid injection. The forty-eight Sparague-Dawley adult male rats were assigned to the 4 groups; GroupI(distilled water injection), GroupII(steroid injection), GroupIII(distilled water injection and aquatic exercise), GroupIV(steroid injection and aquatic exercise). We observed their body weight, histological change by PAS stein. The results of this study were as follows; 1. After 2 weeks, the change of weights appeared that non-steroid injection groups increase weight and steroid injection groups decreased weight hasty. after 4 weeks, weights recovered from weight before test. It was possible to explain the change of weight by type II muscle fiber increase. 2. In histological change of muscle fibers, atrophy didn't observed in test group I, because type II muscle fibers were developed well. we observed not only injury of muscle fiber and muscle atrophy but specifically grouping type I muscle fiber in test group II. normal arrangement of muscle fibers were visible in test group and type II muscle fibers increased. we could observe muscle recovery because of type II muscle fibers increase in test group IV. therefore, it was seem that type II cell was recovering through aquatic exercise.

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