PubMed · 14192855
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P N SAWYER, S A WESOLOWSKI. 1964-07-09. ELECTRICAL HEMOSTASIS.. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1749-6632.1964.tb50695.x
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The keratin cytoskeleton of the wound epidermis of lizard limb (which does not regenerate) and tail (which regenerates) hase been studied by qualitative ultrastructural, immunocytochemical, and immunoblotting methods. The process of re-epithelialization is much shorter in the tail than in the limb. In the latter, a massive tissue destruction of bones, and the shrinkage of the old skin over the stump surface, delay wound closure, maintain inflammation, reduce blastemal cell population, resulting in inhibition of regeneration. The expression of special wound keratins found in the newt epidermis (W6) or mammalian epidermis (K6, K16, and K17) is present in the epidermis of both tail and limb of the lizard. These keratins are not immunolocalized in the migrating epithelium or normal (resting) epidermis but only after it has formed the thick wound epithelium, made of lacunar cells. The latter are proliferating keratinocytes produced during the cyclical renewal or regeneration of lizard epidermis. W6-immunolabeled proteic bands mainly at 45-47 kDa are detected by immunoblotting in normal, regenerating, and scarring epidermis of the tail and limb. Immunolabeled proteic bands at 52, 62-67 kDa (with K6), at 44-47, 60, 65 kDa (with K16), and at 44-47 kDa (with K17) were detected in normal and regenerating epidermis. It is suggested that: (1) these keratins constitute normal epidermis, especially where the lacunar layer is still differentiating; (2) the wound epidermis is similar in the limb and tail in terms of morphology and keratin content; (3) the W6 antigen is similar to that of the newt, and is associated with tonofilaments; (4) lizard K6 and K17 have molecular weights similar to mammalian keratins; (5) K16 shows some isoforms or degradative products with different molecular weight from those of mammals; (6) K17 increases in wound keratinocytes and localizes over sparse filaments or small bundles of short filaments, not over tonofilaments joined to desmosomes; and (7) failure of limb regeneration in lizards may not depend on the wound reaction of keratinocytes.
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The biomechanical interaction between the leg stump and the prosthetic socket is critical in achieving close-to-normal ambulation. Although many investigations have been performed to understand the biomechanics of trans-tibial sockets, few studies have measured the socket interface pressure for transfemoral amputees. Furthermore, no report has examined how the residual muscle activities in the transfemoral stump affect the socket interface pressure characteristics during gait. In this study, an experimental method was developed to measure the trans-femoral socket interface pressures and EMG of muscles in the stumps of two trans-femoral amputees. Also, the measurement of three-dimensional prosthetic locomotion was synchronized to understand detailed socket biomechanics. Based on the experimental results, a significant correlation (P < 0.05) was found between the measured temporal EMG amplitude and the interface pressure at the knee flexor (biceps femoris) and extensor (rectus femoris). Therefore, the residual muscle activity of a trans-femoral amputee's stump could be an important factor affecting socket-interface pressure changes during ambulation.