This protocol describes the use of the chronic contractile activity model of exercise to observe stimulation-induced skeletal muscle adaptations in the rat hindlimb.
Kim, Y., Memme, J. M., Hood, D. A. Application of Chronic Stimulation to Study Contractile Activity-induced Rat Skeletal Muscle Phenotypic Adaptations. J. Vis. Exp. (131), e56827, doi:10.3791/56827 (2018).