Compression therapy promotes proliferative repair during rat achilles tendon immobilization

Journal of Orthopaedic Research

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 852-858

  Schizas, Nikos ^a,b   Li, Jian ^a   Andersson, Therese ^c   Fahlgren, Anna ^c   Aspenberg, Per ^c   Ahmed, Mahmood ^a   Ackermann, Paul W ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Collagen type III; Immobilization; Intermittent pneumatic compression devices; Tendon injury

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; COLLAGEN TYPE 3;

ACHILLES TENDON; ACHILLES TENDON RUPTURE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; COMPRESSION THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY; FORCE; IMMOBILIZATION; INTERMITTENT PNEUMATIC COMPRESSION; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RIGIDITY; TENDON RECONSTRUCTION; TENSILE STRENGTH; WOUND HEALING;

ACHILLES TENDON; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; BODY WEIGHT; CASTS, SURGICAL; COLLAGEN TYPE III; IMMOBILIZATION; INTERMITTENT PNEUMATIC COMPRESSION DEVICES; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TENDON INJURIES; TENSILE STRENGTH; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 77953183714     PISSN: 07360266     EISSN: 1554527X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jor.21066     Document Type: Article

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