Biomechanics of tendon injury and repair

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 865-877

  Lin, Tony W ^a   Cardenas, Luis ^a   Soslowsky, Louis J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal model; Soft tissue injury; Soft tissue repair; Tendon; Tendon healing

Indexed keywords

GENETIC ENGINEERING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; REPAIR; TENDONS; TISSUE CULTURE;

TENDON HEALING MECHANISMS; TENDON INJURY; TENDON REPAIR; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

BIOMECHANICS;

ADHESION; ADOPTIVE IMMUNOTHERAPY; BIOMECHANICS; BONE DEFECT; CELL MEMBRANE; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FLEXOR TENDON; GENE THERAPY; HEALING; HEMOSTASIS; JOINT DISLOCATION; JOINT STABILITY; MOTION; NONHUMAN; PERIODICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCAR FORMATION; SHOULDER INJURY; SUTURE; TENDON INJURY; TENDON RECONSTRUCTION; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE REGENERATION; ULTRASOUND THERAPY;

EID: 1942445411     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2003.11.005     Document Type: Article

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