The biomechanical effects of limb lengthening and botulinum toxin type A on rabbit tendon

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 43, Issue 16, 2010, Pages 3177-3182

  Olabisi, Ronke M ^a   Best, Thomas M ^b   Hurschler, Christof ^c   Vanderby, Ray ^d   Noonan, Kenneth J ^d  

^a Rice University   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Botulinum toxin; Distraction osteogenesis; Tendon biomechanics; Tendon viscoelasticity

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES; BIOMECHANICAL EFFECTS; BIOMECHANICAL PROPERTIES; BOTULINUM TOXIN TYPE-A; BOTULINUM TOXINS; CONTRALATERAL CONTROL; DISTRACTION OSTEOGENESIS; ELASTIC AND VISCOELASTIC PROPERTIES; ELASTIC RESPONSE; GASTROCNEMIUS; LIMB LENGTHENING; LINEAR REGION; MICROSTRUCTURAL MODELS; NONLINEAR VISCO-ELASTIC; POWER LAW; PULL TO FAILURES; STRAIN-DEPENDENT; STRESS RELAXATION RATE; STRESS RELAXATION TESTS; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR; TOE REGION; ULTIMATE TENSILE STRESS; VISCOELASTIC RESPONSE;

BIOMECHANICS; ELASTICITY; RESIDUAL STRESSES; STRESS RELAXATION; TENDONS; TESTING; TOXIC MATERIALS; VISCOELASTICITY; VISCOSITY;

ELASTIC MODULI;

BOTULINUM TOXIN A;

ACHILLES TENDON; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; COMPLIANCE (PHYSICAL); CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTRACTION OSTEOGENESIS; JOINT FUNCTION; LEG INEQUALITY; LEG LENGTHENING; MUSCLE RELAXATION; NONHUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; TENDON DISEASE; TENDON STRESS; TENSILE STRENGTH; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; VISCOELASTICITY; YOUNG MODULUS;

ACHILLES TENDON; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; BOTULINUM TOXINS, TYPE A; COMPLIANCE; ELASTIC MODULUS; HUMANS; LEG LENGTH INEQUALITY; MODELS, ANIMAL; OSTEOGENESIS, DISTRACTION; RABBITS; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TENDONS; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 78549260328     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2010.07.032     Document Type: Article

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