Mechanical properties of the rotator cuff: Response to cyclic loading at varying abduction angles

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 389-392

  Nightingale, E J ^a   Allen, C P ^a   Sonnabend, D H ^a   Goldberg, J ^a   Walsh, W R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Abduction; Mechanical testing; Rotator cuff

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CADAVER; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; ROTATOR CUFF; TENDON;

EID: 1342322635     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-003-0404-5     Document Type: Article

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