Electrothermal shrinkage reduces laxity but alters creep behavior in a lapine ligament model

Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 1-6

  Wallace, Andrew L ^a,b   Hollinshead, Robert M ^a,b   Frank, Cyril B ^a,b  

^a McCaig Centre for Joint Injury and Arthritis Research   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTHROSCOPY; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HEAT; JOINT INSTABILITY; KNEE; LASER; LIGAMENT; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROBABILITY; RABBIT; RANDOMIZATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ARTHROSCOPY; COLLAGEN; COLLATERAL LIGAMENTS; FEMALE; HEAT; JOINT INSTABILITY; KNEE JOINT; LASERS; MODELS, ANIMAL; PROBABILITY; RABBITS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0035221011     PISSN: 10582746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mse.2001.112023     Document Type: Article

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