The effect of muscle length and excursion on muscle contracture after tendon injury: A study in rabbit soleus muscles

Injury

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1139-1145

  Chung, Moon Sang ^a   Baek, Goo Hyun ^a   Oh, Joo Han ^a   Lee, Young Ho ^a   Bin, Sung Woo ^a   Gong, Hyun Sik ^a  

^a Seoul National University Bundang Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Excursion; Muscle contracture; Muscle length; Rabbit; Soleus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTURE; MUSCLE LENGTH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SOLEUS MUSCLE; TENDON INJURY; TENOTOMY;

ANIMALS; HINDLIMB; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RABBITS; TENDON INJURIES;

EID: 34848817969     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2007.05.008     Document Type: Article

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