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Rafael Fortuna

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Publications

15

Citations

625

H-Index

14

Active since

2010

Affiliations

University of Calgary(Current)

Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul

Alberta Bone and Joint Health Institute

University Hospital of Basel

University of Guelph

Rafael Fortuna is an author at University of Calgary specializing in muscle mechanics, medicine, and biomechanics.

Publications per year

2010–2024

15

Publications

15

Changes in contractile properties of muscles receiving repeat injections of botulinum toxin (Botox)

Rafael Fortuna, Marco Aurélio Vaz, Aliaa Rehan Youssef et al. · Journal of Biomechanics · 2010 · 155 citations

Medicine, Biophysics, Biomechanics +11

In vivo Sarcomere Lengths and Sarcomere Elongations Are Not Uniform across an Intact Muscle

Eng Kuan Moo, Rafael Fortuna, Scott C. Sibole et al. · Frontiers in Physiology · 2016 · 100 citations · Full text

Medicine, Anatomy, Physiology +15

Long-term repetitive mechanical loading of the knee joint by in vivo muscle stimulation accelerates cartilage degeneration and increases chondrocyte death in a rabbit model

Monika Horisberger, Rafael Fortuna, Víctor Valderrábano et al. · Clinical Biomechanics · 2013 · 52 citations

Medicine, Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopedic Surgery +17

Do skeletal muscle properties recover following repeat onabotulinum toxin A injections?

Rafael Fortuna, Monika Horisberger, Marco Aurélio Vaz et al. · Journal of Biomechanics · 2013 · 51 citations

Life Sciences, Pharmacotherapy, Physiology +7

A clinically relevant BTX-A injection protocol leads to persistent weakness, contractile material loss, and an altered mRNA expression phenotype in rabbit quadriceps muscles

Rafael Fortuna, Marco Aurélio Vaz, Andrew Sawatsky et al. · Journal of Biomechanics · 2015 · 48 citations · Full text

Medicine, Pharmacology, Physiology +16

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