Biomechanical analysis of tendon transfers for massive rotator cuff tears

Clinical Biomechanics

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 350-357

  Magermans, D J ^a   Chadwick, E K J ^a   Veeger, H E J ^a   Van Der Helm, F C T ^a   Rozing, P M ^b  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONE; MUSCLE; PATIENT TREATMENT; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; ROTATING MACHINERY;

ELBOW MODELS; TENDON TRANSFERS;

BIOMECHANICS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SIMULATION; ELBOW; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMERUS; LATISSIMUS DORSI MUSCLE; MEDICAL PARAMETERS; MODEL; MOTION; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE LENGTH; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTATION; ROTATOR CUFF; ROTATOR CUFF RUPTURE; SHOULDER; TASK PERFORMANCE; TENDON TRANSFER; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOVEMENT; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; ROTATOR CUFF; SHOULDER JOINT; STRESS, MECHANICAL; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TENDON TRANSFER; TORQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 1942486784     PISSN: 02680033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2003.11.013     Document Type: Article

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