Intraoperative muscle measurements reveal a relationship between contracture formation and muscle remodeling

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 47-54

  Pontén, Eva ^a   Gantelius, Stefan ^a   Lieber, Richard L ^b  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Contracture; Muscle remodeling; Sarcomere length; Skeletal muscle contracture; Spasticity; Surgical deformities

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MUSCLE CONTRACTURE; NERVE INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL NERVE; RADIUS; SARCOMERE LENGTH; SPASTICITY; TENDON TRANSFER; ULNA;

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CONTRACTURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SARCOMERES; TENDON TRANSFER; WRIST;

EID: 34347338696     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: 10974598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.20780     Document Type: Article

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