Dissection of a Single Rat Muscle-Tendon Complex Changes Joint Moments Exerted by Neighboring Muscles: Implications for Invasive Surgical Interventions

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2013, Pages

  Maas, Huub ^a   Baan, Guus C ^a   Huijing, Peter A ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISSECTION; EXTENSOR CARPI RADIALIS; FLEXOR CARPI ULNARIS MUSCLE; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HAND MOVEMENT; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; RAT; SKIN INCISION; SURGICAL ANATOMY; TENDON TRANSFER; TENOTOMY; WRIST;

ANIMALS; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RATS; TENDON TRANSFER; TENDONS; WRIST JOINT;

EID: 84881532606     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0073510     Document Type: Article

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