Contractures secondary to immobility: Is the restriction articular or muscular? An experimental longitudinal study in the rat knee

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 6-13

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b Inst for Rehab R and D   (Canada)

Author keywords

Articular; Contracture; Range of motion; Rat; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTRACTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; IMMOBILIZATION; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; JOINT CONTRACTURE; KNEE; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTURE; NONHUMAN; RAT;

EID: 0033989536     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/apmr.2000.0810006     Document Type: Article

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