Long durations of immobilization in the rat result in enhanced mechanical properties of the healing supraspinal tendon insertion site

Journal of Biomechanical Engineering

Volumn 129, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 400-404

  Gimbel, J A ^a   Van Kleunen, J P ^a   Williams, G R ^a   Thomopoulos, S ^b   Soslowsky, L J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Activity level; Rotator cuff; Shoulder; Supraspinatus; Tendon healing

Indexed keywords

CAGE ACTIVITY; QUANTITATIVE POLARIZED LIGHT MICROSCOPY; ROTATOR CUFF TEARS; SHOULDER IMMOBILIZATION;

BONE; CELL IMMOBILIZATION; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; RATS;

TENDONS;

COLLAGEN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; HUMERUS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMOBILIZATION; MALE; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; RIGIDITY; ROTATOR CUFF RUPTURE; SHOULDER; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; SUPRASPINATUS MUSCLE TENDON; TENDON; WOUND HEALING; YOUNG MODULUS;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; HUMERUS; MALE; PHYSICAL CONDITIONING, ANIMAL; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; ROTATOR CUFF; SHOULDER JOINT; TENDON INJURIES; TENDONS; TIME FACTORS; WOUND HEALING;

RATTUS;

EID: 34447510956     PISSN: 01480731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2721075     Document Type: Article

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