A pathomechanical concept explains muscle loss and fatty muscular changes following surgical tendon release

Journal of Orthopaedic Research

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1004-1007

  Meyer, Dominik C ^a   Hoppeler, Hans ^b   von Rechenberg, Brigitte ^a   Gerber, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Atrophy; Fatty muscle infiltration; Muscle degeneration; Pennation angle

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CALCULATION; CELL INFILTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GEOMETRY; INTERSTITIUM; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE FIBRIL; MUSCLE LENGTH; MUSCLE MASS; MUSCLE TISSUE; NONHUMAN; PATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SHEEP; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TENDON INJURY; TENDON RECONSTRUCTION; TISSUE DEGENERATION;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; MUSCLE FIBERS; MUSCLES; SHEEP; TENDON INJURIES;

EID: 4344620533     PISSN: 07360266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orthres.2004.02.009     Document Type: Article

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