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The Conservative Treatment of Muscle Injuries: General Principles

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As already mentioned, for an indMI II° A the processes of muscle repair take about 3 weeks to complete, during which time, clearly defined biological states are followed. In this chapter we re-propose these biological states of reparation, linking them fittingly to the therapeutic methods to be adopted. In other words, in this chapter it is presented a treatment proposal on the basis of biological tissue repair state, taking for example an indMI II° A.

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Notes

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    Tensacin-C (TN-C) is an adhesive glycoprotein, and component of the extracellular matrix. TN-C is present in abundance in the extracellular matrix of developing vertebrate embryos and reappears in wounds during healing, in the stroma of several types of cancer and also in several types of cartilaginous tissue.

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    Fibronectin is a glycoprotein dimer produced by many cells and tissues, present in loose and dense connective tissue.

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    Cytokines are polypeptide mediators, not antigen-specific, which act as communication signals between the cells of the immune system and between these and different organs and tissues.

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