The morphological basis of increased stiffness of rabbit tibialis anterior muscles during surgical limb-lengthening

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 193, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 131-138

  Williams, Pamela ^a   Kyberd, Peter ^b   Simpson, Hamish ^b   Kenwright, John ^b   Goldspink, Geoffrey ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^b NUFFIELD ORTHOPAEDIC CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Collagen; Connective tissue; Fibrosis; Muscle contracture

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; COLLAGEN TYPE 3; CONTRACTILE PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANKLE; ARTICLE; COMPLIANCE (PHYSICAL); CONNECTIVE TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FIBROSIS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; JOINT FUNCTION; LEG LENGTHENING; MORPHOLOGY; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE CONTRACTURE; MUSCLE LENGTH; MUSCLE STIFFNESS; MUSCLE STRETCHING; MUSCLE TONE; NONHUMAN; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONTENT; RABBIT; SARCOMERE; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; TISSUE REPAIR;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; COLLAGEN; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; CONTRACTURE; HINDLIMB; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OSTEOGENESIS, DISTRACTION; RABBITS; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR;

ANIMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 0031680024     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S002187829800380X     Document Type: Article

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