Tendon retracts more than muscle in experimental chronic tears of the rotator cuff

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 88, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1533-1538

  Meyer, D C ^a   Lajtai, G ^b   von Rechenberg, B ^a   Pfirrmann, C W A ^a   Gerber, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Humanomed Centre Althofen   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOSENSOR; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISSECTION; FEMALE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMPLANT; MUSCLE LENGTH; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTATOR CUFF RUPTURE; SHEEP; TENDON RECONSTRUCTION; TENDON SUTURE;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MUSCLE FIBERS; OSTEOTOMY; ROTATOR CUFF; RUPTURE; SHEEP; TENDON INJURIES; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33751205286     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.88B11.17791     Document Type: Article

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