“…To our knowledge, there are no reports in the literature showing reductions in extracellular pH following muscle inflammation. However, reduction in pH in ischemic tissues, arthritic joints, and incisional wounds have been reported in humans and animals (Jacobus et al, 1977;Andersson et al, 1999;Woo et al, 2004), including in exudates from patients with inflammatory conditions, such as arthritis, mastitis, and bursitis (Hä bler, 1929(Hä bler, , 1930Cummings and Nordby, 1966;Geborek et al, 1989). Furthermore, there is a wide range of pH decreases observed in the literature with reductions ranging from 0.1 pH unit in inflamed tissue (Andersson et al, 1999) to as great as 2.0 pH units in exudate (Hä bler, 1929).…”