Fig. 5From: Massage protects skeletal muscle from injury during long-term heavy-duty exercise via integrin β1 and laminin 2 channels of basement membraneRelative mRNA expression in gastrocnemius muscle tissue of rats. C, control group; M, long-term heavy-duty exercise group; G, long-term heavy-duty exercise + sham massage group; T, long-term heavy-duty exercise + massage group. *P < 0.05, **P < 0.01, ***P < 0.001Back to article page