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ArticleJournal of visualized experiments : JoVE2021

In vivo Measurement of Knee Extensor Muscle Function in Mice.

Camille R Brightwell, Ted G Graber, Benjamin D Brightwell, Matthew Borkowski, Brian Noehren, Christopher S Fry

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Article in Journal of visualized experiments : JoVE, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

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13citing papers in PubMed
2.1field-weighted citation impact, top 13% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

13 citing papers in PubMed, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. CORP: In vivo muscle strength-perspectives on the design and interpretation of preclinical animal studies.American journal of physiology. Regulatory, integrative and comparative physiology · 2025
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  8. Longitudinal Decline of Exercise Capacity in Male and Female Mice.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Camille R BrightwellDepartment of Athletic Training and Clinical Nutrition, University of Kentucky; Center for Muscle Biology, University of Kentucky.
Ted G GraberDepartment of Physical Therapy, East Carolina University.
Benjamin D BrightwellKinesiology and Health Promotion Graduate Program, University of Kentucky; Biomotion Lab, College of Health Sciences, University of Kentucky.
Matthew BorkowskiAurora Scientific.
Brian NoehrenBiomotion Lab, College of Health Sciences, University of Kentucky; Department of Physical Therapy, College of Health Sciences, University of Kentucky.
Christopher S FryDepartment of Athletic Training and Clinical Nutrition, University of Kentucky; Center for Muscle Biology, University of Kentucky; cfr223@uky.edu.
University of Kentucky · USEast Carolina University · US

Funding

Myostatin Alters Muscle Composition as The Result of an ACL InjuryR01AR072061 · NIAMS · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MED BR GALVESTON · PI FRY, CHRISTOPHER · 2018 to 2023
$2.2M
NIAMS NIH HHS R01 AR072061
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Skeletal muscle plasticity in response to countless conditions and stimuli mediates concurrent functional adaptation, both negative and positive. In the clinic and the research laboratory, maximal muscular strength is widely measured longitudinally in humans, with knee extensor musculature the most reported functional outcome. Pathology of the knee extensor muscle complex is well documented in aging, orthopedic injury, disease, and disuse; knee extensor strength is closely related to functional capacity and injury risk, underscoring the importance of reliable measurement of knee extensor strength. Repeatable, in vivo assessment of knee extensor strength in pre-clinical rodent studies offers valuable functional endpoints for studies exploring osteoarthritis or knee injury. We report an in vivo and non-invasive protocol to repeatedly measure isometric peak tetanic torque of the knee extensors in mice across time. We demonstrate consistency using this novel method to measure knee extensor strength with repeated assessment in multiple mice producing similar results.

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AnimalsArea Under CurveCalibrationData AnalysisElectrodesHumansIsometric ContractionKnee JointMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMuscle, SkeletalMuscle StrengthSoftwareTorque

Identifiers

PMID33749677
PMCPMC8095664
OpenAlexW3135820534

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Registered trials

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