Achilles tendon healing in rats is improved by intermittent mechanical loading during the inflammatory phase

Journal of Orthopaedic Research

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 274-279

  Eliasson, Pernilla ^a   Andersson, Therese ^a   Aspenberg, Per ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

early loading; mechanical testing; tail suspension; treatment; unloading

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES TENDON; ADAPTATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALING; HINDLIMB; HISTOLOGY; IMMOBILIZATION; INFLAMMATION; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STRENGTH; WEIGHT BEARING;

ACHILLES TENDON; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; HINDLIMB SUSPENSION; INFLAMMATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 83855165786     PISSN: 07360266     EISSN: 1554527X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jor.21511     Document Type: Article

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