Strength of Tendon Repair Decreases in the Presence of an Intact A2 Pulley: Biomechanical Study in a Chicken Model

Journal of Hand Surgery

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1763-1770

  Cao, Yi ^a   Tang, Jin Bo ^a  

^a NANTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

curvilinear tension; flexor pulley; pulley venting; Tendon; ultimate strength

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FLEXOR DIGITORUM PROFUNDUS MUSCLE; HAND MUSCLE; INTERPHALANGEAL JOINT; JOINT MOBILITY; KNEE; LACERATION; MATERIALS TESTING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TENDON RECONSTRUCTION; TENDON STRENGTH; TENDON STRESS; TENSILE STRENGTH;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; CHICKENS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FINGER INJURIES; FINGER JOINT; HUMANS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TENDON INJURIES; TENSILE STRENGTH; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 71249144498     PISSN: 03635023     EISSN: 15316564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2009.08.012     Document Type: Article

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