“…I n th e lite ra tu re on n itro g e n b alan ces th e ad verse actio n of p ro lo n g e d im m o b ilisa tio n of p a tie n ts or ex p e rim e n ta l su b jects is r e p o rte d [15,[100][101][102][103], obvio u sly v ia th e m ech an ism of red u ced tissu e p ro te in sy n th e sis [104]. R e la tiv e im m o b ilisatio n w hich w as a ch iev ed in o u r p a tie n ts b y a c e rta in p ro lo n g a tio n of b ed re st in our o p in io n d id n o t exceed th e b o rd e rlin e of n o rm a l an d forced im m o b ility w h ich is an e x tre m e ly in te n se ty p e of " n e u ro m u sc u la r stre ss" , [105].…”