Is it safe to perform aggressive rehabilitation after distal biceps tendon repair using the modified 2-incision approach? A biomechanical study

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 2045-2050

  Bisson, Leslie J ^a,c   Gurske De Perio, Jennifer ^a   Weber, Alexander E ^a   Ehrensberger, Mark T ^b   Buyea, Cathy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b Syracuse University   (United States)

^c 161 Farber Hall ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

2 incision; Distal biceps; Ethibond; Fiberwire

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; BODY MOVEMENT; CADAVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELBOW; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MUSCLE STIFFNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TENDON RECONSTRUCTION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHROPLASTY; BIOMECHANICS; ELBOW JOINT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATES; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; SUTURES; TENDON INJURIES;

EID: 36248967638     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: 15523365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546507305679     Document Type: Article

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