Tendon Healing, Edema, and Resistance to Flexor Tendon Gliding. Clinical Implications

Hand Clinics

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 167-178

  Wu, Ya Fang ^a   Tang, Jin Bo ^a  

^a NANTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Adhesions; Annular pulleys; Apoptosis; Early mobilization; Edema; Resistance to tendon gliding; Tendon healing; Tenocyte proliferation

Indexed keywords

CYCLINE; MICRORNA; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1;

APOPTOSIS; BANDAGE; CELL PROLIFERATION; EDEMA; ELASTICITY; FLEXOR DIGITORUM PROFUNDUS MUSCLE; FLEXOR DIGITORUM SUPERFICIALIS MUSCLE; FLEXOR TENDON INJURY; GENE THERAPY; GRANULATION TISSUE; HAND MUSCLE; HUMAN; JOINT MOBILIZATION; JOINT STIFFNESS; MUSCULOSKELETAL FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; SPLINT; TENDON GLIDING; TENDON RECONSTRUCTION; TISSUE ADHESION; WOUND HEALING;

APOPTOSIS; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; EDEMA; FINGER INJURIES; FRICTION; HUMANS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RUPTURE; TENDON INJURIES; TISSUE ADHESIONS; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 84877597004     PISSN: 07490712     EISSN: 15581969     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hcl.2013.02.002     Document Type: Review

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