Effects of tendon and muscle belly dissection on muscular force transmission following tendon transfer in the rat

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 289-296

  Maas, Huub ^a   Huijing, Peter A ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Flexor carpi ulnaris; Length force characteristics; Myofascial force transmission; Scar tissue; Skeletal muscle; Tendon transfer

Indexed keywords

FLEXOR CARPI ULNARIS; LENGTH-FORCE CHARACTERISTICS; MYOFASCIAL FORCE TRANSMISSION; SCAR TISSUES; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TENDON TRANSFER;

COLLAGEN; MUSCLE; RATS;

TENDONS;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARM MUSCLE; ARTICLE; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELASTIC TISSUE; EXTENSOR CARPI RADIALIS MUSCLE; FLEXOR CARPI ULNARIS MUSCLE; MALE; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCAR; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TENDON; TENDON TRANSFER;

ANIMALS; CICATRIX; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TENDONS; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 84455169485     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: 18732380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2011.10.026     Document Type: Article

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