Bioprotection of tendon repair: Adjunctive use of botulinum toxin A in achilles tendon repair in the rat

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 89, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 2241-2249

  Ma, Jianjun ^a   Shen, Jian ^a   Smith, Beth Paterson ^a   Ritting, Andrew ^a   Smith, Thomas L ^a   Koman, L Andrew ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOTULINUM TOXIN A;

ACHILLES TENDON; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANKLE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG USE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE TETANIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE TWITCH; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTION; RANGE OF MOTION; RAT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; TENDON RECONSTRUCTION; TENDON RUPTURE; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 35348994250     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.D.03054     Document Type: Article

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