Scientists have found that women need more time to recover than men.

Female muscles are worse restored. In uncomplicated fractures of bones, the treatment consists in immobilization (immobility) of the damaged bone. After a long immobilization, the muscles lose their strength, and it takes some time until the person can restore the initial level of muscle tone. The purpose of a recent study at Ohio University, USA, was to determine how these terms fluctuate depending on gender.

The study involved 10 volunteers (5 men and 5 women, aged 19-29 years). The wrist of the non-leading hand was fixed with a tire. After 4 weeks, the tire was removed. The muscular strength of each participant was checked before the study, weekly during immobilization, after the tire was removed and a week after immobilization.

As a result of the research, scientists found that in men, muscle strength returned to its original value in a week, after removing the tire.

In women, recovery levels were significantly lower - a week after tire removal, muscle strength was 30% less than before the start of the experiment.

Scientists admit that their sample for research is rather modest, and further deeper research is required in this area. Nevertheless, they believe that comparing their work with previous scientific works in this area suggest that women need a special, more intensive and long-lasting rehabilitation program after periods of immobilization or long lying.

Medicinform. Net.