Healing of the aponeurosis during recovery from aponeurotomy: Morphological and histological adaptation and related changes in mechanical properties

Journal of Orthopaedic Research

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 266-273

  Jaspers, R T ^a   Brunner, R ^b   Riede, U N ^c   Huijing, P A ^a,d  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Aponeurosis; Aponeurotomy; Connective tissue; m. gastrocnemius; Rat

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN FIBER;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; APONEUROSIS; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; COMPLIANCE (PHYSICAL); CONNECTIVE TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HEALING; HISTOPATHOLOGY; JOINT FUNCTION; MORPHOLOGICAL ADAPTATION; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE LENGTH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPASTICITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TENDON SURGERY; TISSUE STRUCTURE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 14244252870     PISSN: 07360266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orthres.2004.08.022     Document Type: Article

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