Myofascial force transmission between transferred rat flexor carpi ulnaris muscle and former synergistic palmaris longus muscle

Muscles, Ligaments and Tendons Journal

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 127-133

  Maas, Huub ^a   Huijing, Peter A ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Connective tissue; Myofascial; Scar tissue; Skeletal muscle; Tendon transfer; Wrist

Indexed keywords

EID: 84881522812     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22404554     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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