How controlled stress affects healing tissues

Journal of Hand Therapy

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 125-130

  Cyr, Lisa M ^a   Ross, Robert G ^a  

^a Physical Therapy Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN; COLLAGEN; ELASTIN; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN;

ARTICLE; BONE; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; EXERCISE; HAND INJURY; HAND MOVEMENT; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; LIGAMENT; MUSCLE HYPERTROPHY; MUSCLE STRENGTH; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SYNOVIUM; TENDON; VISCOELASTICITY; WEIGHT BEARING;

EID: 0031957379     PISSN: 08941130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0894-1130(98)80009-4     Document Type: Article

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