Resistance to Motion of Flexor Tendons and Digital Edema: An In Vivo Study in a Chicken Model

Journal of Hand Surgery

Volumn 31, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1645-1651

  Cao, Yi ^a   Tang, Jin Bo ^a  

^a Affiliated Hospital   (China)

Author keywords

edema; Flexor tendon; postoperative exercise; tendon motion

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDEMA; ENERGY; FINGER INJURY; FLEXOR TENDON; FORCE; IN VIVO STUDY; MOTION; NONHUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN INCISION; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; CHICKENS; EDEMA; MODELS, ANIMAL; MOVEMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE; TENDONS; TIME FACTORS; TOES;

EID: 34548748021     PISSN: 03635023     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2006.08.001     Document Type: Article

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