Table 2.

Summary of functional assessment studies

Muscle	Injury Model	Ischemic Time, h	Treatment	Functional Assessment (time after injury)	Reference
Rat gastrocnemius	Tourniquet (350 mmHg)	2	Hypothermia	1 day, 7 days, 14 days, 28 days, 42 days	Fish et al. (46)
Rat gastrocnemius	Tourniquet (350 mmHg)	4	Hypothermia	6 wk	Awerbuck et al. (47)
Rat EDL	Clamping	3	Drug therapies	3 h, 24 h, 7 days	Barker et al. (24)
Rat EDL	Clamping	3	Postconditioning	3 h, 5 days	Park et al. (63)
Rat TA	Tourniquet (250 mmHg)	3	Cell therapy	2 wk	Chen et al. (23)
Rat gastrocnemius	Tourniquet (250 mmHg)	2	Growth factor	2 wk	Hammers et al. (21)

EDL, extensor digitorum longus; TA, tibialis anterior.