The effect of muscle loading on flexor tendon-to-bone healing in a canine model

Journal of Orthopaedic Research

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1611-1617

  Thomopoulos, Stavros ^a   Zampiakis, Emmanouil ^a   Das, Rosalina ^a   Silva, Matthew J ^a   Gelberman, Richard H ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal model; Enthesis; Flexor tendon; Hand; Insertion site

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE DENSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTAL PHALANX; DOG; FLEXOR TENDON; FLEXOR TENDON INJURY; HEALING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TENSILE STRENGTH;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; BONE AND BONES; BONE DENSITY; DOGS; HOMEOSTASIS; MODELS, ANIMAL; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; TENDONS; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 56749175180     PISSN: 07360266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jor.20689     Document Type: Article

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