Biomechanical properties of normal tendons, normal palmar aponeuroses, and tissues from patients with Dupuytren's disease subjected to elastase and chondroitinase treatment

Clinical Biomechanics

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1995, Pages 29-35

  Millesi, H ^a   Reihsner, R ^a,b   Hamilton, G ^c   Mallinger, R ^d   Menzel, EJ ^e  

^a LUDWIG BOLTZMANN INSTITUTE FOR LUNG VASCULAR RESEARCH   (Austria)

^b VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^d Institut für Mikromorphologie und Elektronenmikroskopie Wien ^*  (Austria)

^e MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

biomechanics; chondroitinase ABC; Dupuytren's disease; Elastase; palmar aponeurosis

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; ELASTIC MODULI; ENZYMES; HYSTERESIS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; STRAIN; TENDONS;

CHONDROITINASE TREATMENT; ELASTASE; ELASTIN; EXTENSIBILITY; HYSTERESIS LOOP; NORMAL PALMAR APONEUROSES; RESIDUAL STRAIN; STRESS STRAIN GRAPH;

BIOMECHANICS;

CHONDROITIN ABC LYASE; ELASTASE; ELASTIN; N ACETYLGALACTOSAMINE 4 SULFATASE;

ADULT; AGED; APONEUROSIS; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUPUYTREN CONTRACTURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYSTERESIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; TENDON; YOUNG MODULUS;

EID: 0028813450     PISSN: 02680033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0268-0033(95)90434-B     Document Type: Article

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