Healing ligaments have decreased cyclic modulus compared to normal ligaments and immobilization further compromises healing ligament response to cyclic loading

Journal of Orthopaedic Research

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 716-722

  Thornton, Gail M ^a   Shrive, N G ^b   Frank, C B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREEP; CYCLIC LOADS; FAILURE ANALYSIS; JOINTS (ANATOMY);

CYCLIC MODULUS;

LIGAMENTS;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HINDLIMB; IMMOBILIZATION; JOINT STABILITY; KNEE LIGAMENT; LIGAMENT SURGERY; LOADING TEST; MOBILIZATION; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SCAR; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; VISCOSITY; WOUND HEALING; YOUNG MODULUS;

EID: 0038545728     PISSN: 07360266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0736-0266(03)00051-2     Document Type: Article

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