Recent progress in flexor tendon healing: The modulation of tendon healing with rehabilitation variables

Journal of Hand Therapy

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 80-85

  Boyer, Martin I ^a,b,c,d   Goldfarb, Charles A ^a   Gelberman, Richard H ^a  

^a Department of Orthopaedic Surgery   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN MEDICAL COLLEGES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLEXOR TENDON INJURY; FORCE; HEALING; HUMAN; LACERATION; MOTION; NONHUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; TENDON RECONSTRUCTION; TENDON SURGERY; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 17644379921     PISSN: 08941130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1197/j.jht.2005.01.009     Document Type: Article

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