Effect of muscle tension during tendon transfer on sarcomerogenesis in a rabbit model

Journal of Hand Surgery

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 138-143

  Fridén, Jan ^a   Pontén, Eva ^b,c   Lieber, Richard L ^d  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Muscle; Passive tension; Sarcomere length; Sarcomerogenesis; Tendon transfer

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLEXOR MUSCLE; MUSCLE LENGTH; MUSCLE REGENERATION; MUSCLE TONE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SARCOMERE; TENDON TRANSFER;

EID: 0033983182     PISSN: 03635023     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jhsu.2000.jhsu025a0138     Document Type: Article

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