The effects of augmentation with swine small intestine submucosa on tendon healing under tension: Histologic and mechanical evaluations in sheep

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 275-280

  Schlegel, Theodore F ^a,d   Hawkins, Richard J ^a   Lewis, Chad W ^b   Motta, Tatiana ^c   Turner, A Simon ^c  

^a STEADMAN HAWKINS RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (United States)

^b Engineering Research Center and Hydraulics Laboratory   (United States)

^c Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^d THE STEADMAN CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal model; Biomechanical; Collagen patch; Rotator cuff

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION RESEARCH; FRACTURE HEALING; HEALING; HISTOLOGY; MUSCLE TONE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTATOR CUFF; SHEEP; SMALL INTESTINE MUCOSA; SWINE; TENDON RECONSTRUCTION; TISSUE REPAIR; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ANIMALS; ARTHROPLASTY; BIOMECHANICS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; INTESTINE, SMALL; MODELS, ANIMAL; ROTATOR CUFF; SHEEP; SWINE; TENDON INJURIES; TENDONS; TRANSPLANTATION, HETEROLOGOUS; TREATMENT FAILURE; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 31444438894     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546505279912     Document Type: Article

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