The effect of altered loading following rotator cuff tears in a rat model on the regional mechanical properties of the long head of the biceps tendon

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 43, Issue 15, 2010, Pages 2904-2907

  Peltz, Cathryn D ^a   Hsu, Jason E ^a   Zgonis, Miltiadis H ^a   Trasolini, Nicholas A ^a   Glaser, David L ^a   Soslowsky, Louis J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Altered loading; Animal model; Biceps; Rotator cuff; Tendon mechanics

Indexed keywords

ALTERED LOADING; ANIMAL MODEL; BICEPS; CLINICAL PROBLEMS; INSERTION SITE; RAT MODEL; REGIONAL DIFFERENCES; ROTATOR CUFF; TIME POINTS; VARIABLE CHANGE;

ANIMALS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; ROTATION; TENDONS;

LOADING;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; BIOMECHANICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; MUSCLE LENGTH; MUSCLE STIFFNESS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; ROTATOR CUFF RUPTURE; TENDON; WEIGHT BEARING;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELASTIC MODULUS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; ROTATOR CUFF; TENDONS; TIME FACTORS; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 78149284384     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2010.07.035     Document Type: Article

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