HOMEOSTASIS DISRUPTED! Muscles must be active. Immobilization due to enforced bed rest or loss of neural stimulation res
Posted: Mon May 23, 2022 2:00 pm
HOMEOSTASIS DISRUPTED! Muscles must be active. Immobilization due to enforced bed rest or loss of neural stimulation results in Disuse Atrophy, which is a degeneration and loss of muscle mass. Why might complete recovery usually take longer than the period of immobilization? O "I get weak in the knees; I can hardly speak; I lose all control... Because you can't move so your muscles can't repair. Because muscle mass is being replaced with fibrous connective tissue, delaying recovery. Because these areas don't receive any neural stimulation The ligaments are weak