Digital oedema, adhesion formation and resistance to digital motion after primary flexor tendon repair

Journal of Hand Surgery: European Volume

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 745-752

  Cao, Y ^a   Chen, C H ^a   Wu, Y F ^a   Xu, X F ^a   Xie, R G ^a   Tang, Jin Bo ^a  

^a NANTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Adhesions; Digital oedema; Early mobilisation; Flexor tendon repair; Gliding resistance

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; FLEXOR TENDON; FOOT EDEMA; GRANULATION TISSUE; JOINT MOBILITY; JOINT STIFFNESS; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE; SURGICAL RISK; TENDON CONTRACTURE; TENDON RECONSTRUCTION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; CHICKENS; EDEMA; MODELS, ANIMAL; MOVEMENT; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE; TENDONS; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE ADHESIONS; TOES;

EID: 59749083551     PISSN: 17531934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1753193408096022     Document Type: Article

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