Synovial adhesions are more important than pannus proliferation in the pathogenesis of knee joint contracture after immobilization: An experimental investigation in the rat

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 351-357

  Trudel, Guy ^a   Seki, Masayuki ^b   Uhthoff, Hans K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Contracture; Immobility; Joint; Pannus; Rat; Synovium

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL PROLIFERATION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTRACTURE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMOBILIZATION; JOINT MOBILITY; KNEE; NONHUMAN; PANNUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN METABOLISM; RAT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYNOVIUM; WATER CONTENT;

ANIMALS; CELL ADHESION; CELL DIVISION; CONTRACTURE; KNEE JOINT; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SYNOVIAL MEMBRANE;

EID: 0033968824     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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