Device for lengthening of a musculotendinous unit by direct continuous traction in the sheep

BMC Veterinary Research

Volumn 8, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Zumstein, Matthias A ^a,c   Frey, Eric ^a   von Rechenberg, Brigitte ^a   Frigg, Robert ^b   Gerber, Christian ^a   Meyer, Dominik C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Synthes GmbH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Atrophy; Continuous traction; Fatty infiltration; Muscle; Pennation angle; Retraction; Sheep

Indexed keywords

OVIS ARIES;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ATROPHY; BIOMECHANICS; CLINICAL TRIAL; FORELIMB; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INSTRUMENTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SHEEP; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TENDON; TRACTION THERAPY;

ANIMALS; ATROPHY; BIOMECHANICS; FORELIMB; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SHEEP; TENDONS; TRACTION;

EID: 84860333983     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17466148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1746-6148-8-50     Document Type: Article

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