Posttraumatic elbow stiffness

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 94, Issue 15, 2012, Pages 1428-1437

  Charalambous, Charalambos P ^a   Morrey, Bernard F ^b  

^a BLACKPOOL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CALCITONIN GENE RELATED PEPTIDE; COLLAGEN; ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; KETOTIFEN; PROGESTERONE; PROTEOGLYCAN; RELAXIN; SUBSTANCE P; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANESTHESIA; ANKYLOSIS; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; BRACE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; COLLAGEN SYNTHESIS; CROSS LINKING; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISTRACTION ARTHROPLASTY; DUPUYTREN CONTRACTURE; ELBOW ARTHROPLASTY; ELBOW ARTHROSCOPY; ELBOW INJURY; EXPERIMENTAL PIG; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HEART MUSCLE FIBROSIS; HUMAN; HUMEROSCAPULAR PERIARTHRITIS; HUMERUS; JOINT CAPSULOTOMY; JOINT CONTRACTURE; JOINT LAXITY; JOINT STABILITY; JOINT STIFFNESS; MAST CELL DEGRANULATION; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL; MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY; MYOFIBROBLAST; NERVE DECOMPRESSION; NONHUMAN; OLECRANON; OSTEOPHYTE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARTIAL ELBOW ARTHROPLASTY; PASSIVE MOVEMENT; PHYSIOTHERAPY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTTRAUMATIC ELBOW STIFFNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; RANGE OF MOTION; REVIEW; SOFT TISSUE INJURY; ULNAR NERVE;

EID: 84865065291     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: 15351386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.K.00711     Document Type: Review

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