Sentence examples for immobilized leg from inspiring English sources

Muscle biopsies were obtained from the vastus lateralis muscle of the immobilized leg under local anesthesia (2% lidocaine) with a modified Bergström biopsy needle with manual suction.

Subjects had a randomly assigned leg immobilized using a knee brace (epX Knee Control Plus, Smith Orthopedics, Topeka, KS) and were provided with walking crutches such that there was no weight bearing on the immobilized leg.

A high-resolution micro-CT scanner (SMX-100CT, Shimazu, Japan) was used to check the insertion site of the wires and view the immobilized leg.

It is considered major surgery with the attendant risks involved with anesthesia and the possibility of infection, along with an added threat of blood clots forming in the immobilized legs during surgery that could lead to more worrisome complications.

In muscles of immobilized legs in patients [ 1], major categories of downregulated genes were involved in sarcomere structure and protein turnover (including the CAPN3 gene).

In the rat model, experiments have shown higher amounts of type I collagen levels and lower amounts of type III collagen in capsule cells of immobilized legs compared to sham-operated legs, suggesting that the contractures were caused by fibrosis [ 15].

Bilateral measurements were performed (on the immobilized and nonimmobilized legs).

Gastrocnemius and tibialis from both immobilized and contralateral legs were collected, weighed, and snap-frozen in liquid nitrogen.

Their front legs were free, but their hind legs were immobilized.

The patient's forearm and leg were immobilized in especially designed carbon-fiber shells (Scanco Medical) to prevent movement during the procedure.

In earlier studies with animals whose legs were immobilized with casts or traction devices, physiologists noticed swift, dramatic and deleterious changes in the levels of certain enzymes in cells throughout the animals' bodies that affect fat metabolism and blood sugar regulation.