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The purpose of the study was to find out oxygen therapy after exercise and electrical therapy effects the muscle weight and force of the hindlimb of the rat with disuse atrophy by cast immobilization.
The results were as follows ;
1. The group that received the exercise and oxygen therapy recovered better and faster than the group with the exercise therapy only.
2. Rats with the electrical and oxygen therapy benefited more than with the electrical therapy, except for gaining weight of the relative muscle of soleus.
3. In the weight of the gastrocnemius, the electrical and oxygen therapy was most effective, while the exercise and oxygen therapy was most beneficial for the muscle force of the gastrocnemius, the weight of the gastrocnemius's relative muscle, and the force of the relative muscle.
4. The weight and force of the soleus benefited the most from the electrical and oxygen therapy, whereas the exercise and oxygen therapy was most effective for the weight of the soleus's relative muscle and the force of relative muscle.
According to the results, we found out that any therapy, either exercise therapy or electrical one, is more effective in treating disuse atrophy when it is combined with oxygen therapy. To be recognized as an independent branch of the physical therapy, there should be more comprehensive researches on oxy- gen therapy, more specifically on the ways and periods of its applications.