Effect of tendon release and delayed repair on the structure of the muscles of the rotator cuff: An experimental study in sheep

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 86, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1973-1982

  Gerber, C ^a   Meyer, D C ^a   Schneeberger, A G ^a   Hoppeler, H ^b   Von Rechenberg, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC COLONOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELASTICITY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; FORCE; HISTOLOGY; INFRASPINATUS TENDON; LIPID STORAGE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE PERFUSION; NONHUMAN; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; ROTATOR CUFF; ROTATOR CUFF RUPTURE; SHEEP; SILASTIC TUBE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TENDON; TENDON RECONSTRUCTION; TENSION; TISSUE REPAIR; VASCULARIZATION;

EID: 4544366628     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/00004623-200409000-00016     Document Type: Article

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