Fatty Infiltration of the Torn Rotator Cuff Worsens Over Time in a Rabbit Model

Arthroscopy - Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 717-722

  Rubino, L Joseph ^a   Stills Jr , Harold F ^a   Sprott, Dominic C ^a   Crosby, Lynn A ^a  

^a WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal model; Fatty infiltration; Rotator cuff; Rotator cuff tear; Shoulder

Indexed keywords

FAT;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MUSCLE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; NONHUMAN; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RABBIT; ROTATOR CUFF; ROTATOR CUFF RUPTURE; SUPRASPINATUS MUSCLE; TISSUE PRESERVATION;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; MUSCULAR ATROPHY; RABBITS; REFERENCE VALUES; ROTATOR CUFF; RUPTURE;

EID: 34447265750     PISSN: 07498063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arthro.2007.01.023     Document Type: Article

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