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- Title
Boundary conditions at the tendon-bone interface.
- Authors
Hughes, P. J.; Evans, R. O. N.; Miller, B.; Goldberg, J.; Sonnabend, D. H.; Walsh, W. R.
- Abstract
The reconstruction of a tendon-bone interface, as in rotator-cuff repairs, remains a challenging surgical problem. There is however, little data to show what effect joint position or repair loading under physiological conditions have on the repaired tendon-bone interface. A change in the amount of contact area or load at the tendon-bone interface may influence healing. In this study we investigated the effect of limb position and boundary conditions on the tendon-bone interface in an in vitro rabbit tendon-bone repair model using both unlinked and linked suture repairs.
- Subjects
TENDONS; BONES; SURGICAL complications; HEALING; SUTURING; OPERATIVE surgery; KNEE physiology; TENDON transplantation; TIBIA surgery; TENDON physiology; TIBIA physiology; ANIMAL experimentation; BIOLOGICAL models; RANGE of motion of joints; KINEMATICS; PRESSURE; RABBITS; PHYSIOLOGIC strain; WEIGHT-bearing (Orthopedics)
- Publication
Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy, 2005, Vol 13, Issue 1, p55
- ISSN
0942-2056
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1007/s00167-003-0461-9