Strength of a new method of achilles tendon repair in the rat

Biomedical Sciences Instrumentation

Volumn 47, Issue , 2011, Pages 112-117

  Black, David A ^a   Tucci, Michelle ^a   Puckett, Aaron ^a   Lawyer, Tracye ^a   Benghuzzi, Hamed ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomechanical; Healing; Repair; Tendon

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES TENDONS; ANIMAL STUDIES; BIOMECHANICAL; BIOMECHANICAL DATA; CROSS SECTIONAL AREA; HEALING; LOCKING TECHNIQUE; MICRO-CT SCANNING; NEGATIVE CONTROL; PEAK LOAD; PEAK STRESS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUES; TENDON HEALING; WORST CASE;

BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; ELASTIC MODULI; MEASUREMENT ERRORS; RATS; TENDONS;

REPAIR;

ACHILLES TENDON; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEALING; MALE; MUSCLE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; RAT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TENDON INJURY; TENDON RECONSTRUCTION; TENDON STRESS; YOUNG MODULUS;

EID: 79960599838     PISSN: 00678856     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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