Neuromuscular recovery after distraction osteogenesis at different frequencies in a rabbit model

Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 628-633

  Lee, Cassandra ^a   Ma, Jianjun ^a   Deal, D Nicole ^a   Smith, Beth P ^a   Koman, L Andrew ^a   Smith, Thomas L ^a   Shilt, Jeffrey S ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Distraction osteogenesis; Limb lengthening; Muscle force; Neuromuscular junction; Rabbits

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANKLE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DISTRACTION OSTEOGENESIS; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; KNEE; KNEE FUNCTION; LEG LENGTHENING; LEG MUSCLE; MORPHOLOGY; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE LENGTH; NERVE FUNCTION; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; OSTEOTOMY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTSYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; RANGE OF MOTION; SOFT TISSUE INJURY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TIBIA; TISSUE REGENERATION;

ANIMALS; ANKLE JOINT; FEMALE; KNEE JOINT; MODELS, ANIMAL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; OSTEOGENESIS, DISTRACTION; RABBITS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SARCOMERES;

EID: 33748129584     PISSN: 02716798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.bpo.0000226283.39319.06     Document Type: Article

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