Area, length and mineralization content of new bone at bone-tendon junction predict its repair quality

Journal of Orthopaedic Research

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 672-677

  Lu, Hongbin ^a   Hu, Jiangzhong ^a   Qin, Ling ^b   Chan, Kai Ming ^b   Li, Gang ^b   Li, Kanghua ^a  

^a CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

bone mineral density; new bone formation; partial patellectomy; tensile strength

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE DENSITY; BONE MINERALIZATION; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FRACTURE HEALING; MUSCLE FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; OSSIFICATION; PARTIAL PATELLECTOMY; PATELLA PATELLAR TENDON JUNCTION; PATELLA TENDON; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TENSILE STRENGTH;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; BONE DENSITY; BONE REGENERATION; FEMALE; PATELLA; PATELLAR LIGAMENT; RABBITS; TENSILE STRENGTH; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 79952807646     PISSN: 07360266     EISSN: 1554527X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jor.21292     Document Type: Article

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