Structural and biomechanical characteristics after early mobilization in an achilles tendon rupture model: Operative versus nonoperative treatment

Orthopedics

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 2012, Pages

  Krapf, Daniel ^a   Kaipel, Martin ^b   Majewski, Martin ^c  

^a CANTONAL HOSPITAL AARAU   (Switzerland)

^b KRANKENHAUS DER BARMHERZIGEN BRÜDER   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES TENDON RUPTURE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COLLAGEN SYNTHESIS; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARLY INTERVENTION; HISTOLOGY; MALE; MOBILIZATION; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NONHUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RAT; RIGIDITY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TENDON HEALING; TENDON LENGTH; TENOTOMY; TENSILE STRENGTH; THICKNESS; TISSUE REGENERATION; WEIGHT BEARING;

ACHILLES TENDON; ANIMALS; EARLY AMBULATION; ELASTIC MODULUS; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TENDON INJURIES; TENOTOMY; TENSILE STRENGTH; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84866283643     PISSN: 01477447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/01477447-20120822-26     Document Type: Article

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