In muscle lengthening surgery multiple aponeurotomy does not improve intended acute effects and may counter-indicate: An assessment by finite element modelling

Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 12-25

  Yucesoy, Can A ^a   Şeref Ferlengez, Zeynep ^a   Huijing, Peter A ^b  

^a BOGAZICI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

multiple aponeurotomies; muscle length force characteristics; myofascial force transmission; sarcomere length distributions; surgical muscle lengthening; the finite element analysis

Indexed keywords

FINITE ELEMENT MODELLING; FORCE EXERTION; GAP LENGTH; MEAN STRESS; MULTIPLE APONEUROTOMIES; MULTIPLE INTERVENTIONS; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE LENGTHS; MYOFASCIAL FORCE TRANSMISSION; OPTIMUM LENGTH; SARCOMERE LENGTH; SURGICAL MUSCLE LENGTHENING; WEAKENING EFFECT;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; SURGERY;

MUSCLE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; CONTRACTURE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE SPASM; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; SARCOMERE; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; CONTRACTURE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASES; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; RATS; SARCOMERES; SPASM;

EID: 84872524437     PISSN: 10255842     EISSN: 14768259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10255842.2011.599803     Document Type: Article

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