Effect of immobilization of the knee joint on mechanoreceptors in anterior cruciate ligament of the rabbit

Journal of Orthopaedic Science

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 259-265

  Michinaka, Yasunori ^a   Yamamoto, Hiroshi ^a   Kawakami, Teruhiko ^a   Morisawa, Yutaka ^a   Uemura, Hiroshi ^a  

^a KOCHI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anterior cruciate ligament; Joint immobilization; Mechanoreceptor

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMOBILIZATION; KNEE FUNCTION; MECHANORECEPTOR; NERVE ENDING; NONHUMAN; PACINI CORPUSCLE; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; RABBIT; RECEPTOR DENSITY; TENDON RECEPTOR;

EID: 0030863465     PISSN: 09492658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02489046     Document Type: Article

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