Neer Award 2007: Reversion of structural muscle changes caused by chronic rotator cuff tears using continuous musculotendinous traction. An experimental study in sheep

Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 163-171

  Gerber, Christian ^a   Meyer, Dominik C ^a   Frey, Eric ^a   von Rechenberg, Brigitte ^a   Hoppeler, Hans ^a   Frigg, Robert ^a   Jost, Bernhard ^a   Zumstein, Matthias A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

atrophy; continuous traction; fatty infiltration; Muscle; pennation angle; retraction; sheep

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; ATROPHY; CHRONIC DISEASE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ROTATOR CUFF; SHEEP; TENDONS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRACTION;

EID: 60949093735     PISSN: 10582746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jse.2008.09.003     Document Type: Article

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