Exercise following a short immobilization period is detrimental to tendon properties and joint mechanics in a rat rotator cuff injury model

Journal of Orthopaedic Research

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 841-845

  Peltz, Cathryn D ^a   Sarver, Joseph J ^a   Dourte, LeAnn M ^a   Würgler Hauri, Carola C ^b   Williams, Gerald R ^c   Soslowsky, Louis J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal model; Immobilization; Rotator cuff; Tendon mechanics

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; IMMOBILIZATION; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NONHUMAN; PASSIVE MOVEMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; RAT; ROTATOR CUFF; ROTATOR CUFF INJURY; TENDON; TENDON INJURY; TENDON STIFFNESS; VISCOELASTICITY; YOUNG MODULUS;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; CICATRIX; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELASTICITY; EXERCISE THERAPY; IMMOBILIZATION; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; ROTATOR CUFF; SHOULDER JOINT; TENDON INJURIES; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 77953196128     PISSN: 07360266     EISSN: 1554527X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jor.21059     Document Type: Article

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