Quantitative Histology and Ultrastructure Fail to Explain Weakness of Immobilized Rabbit Achilles' Tendons

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 88, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1177-1184

  Zhou, Jian ^a   Koike, Yoichi ^a   Uhthoff, Hans K ^a   Trudel, Guy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Achilles tendon; Collagen; Histology; Immobilization; Rehabilitation; Transmission electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN FIBER;

ACHILLES TENDON; ADIPOCYTE; ANIMAL CARE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; BLOOD VESSEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DENSITY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HINDLIMB; HISTOLOGY; HYPOTHESIS; IMAGING; IMMOBILIZATION; LITERATURE; MICROSCOPY; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NEW ZEALAND; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RABBIT; RAT; RESEARCH; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TENDON INJURY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; UNIVERSITY;

ACHILLES TENDON; ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; COLLAGEN; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HYPOKINESIA; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; RABBITS; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL;

EID: 34548429251     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2007.05.013     Document Type: Article

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