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Mechanical properties during healing of Achilles tendon ruptures to predict final outcome: A pilot Roentgen stereophotogrammetric analysis in 10 patients-3
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posted on 2011-12-31, 13:24 authored by Thorsten Schepull, Joanna Kvist, Christer Andersson, Per AspenbergCopyright information:
Taken from "Mechanical properties during healing of Achilles tendon ruptures to predict final outcome: A pilot Roentgen stereophotogrammetric analysis in 10 patients"
http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2474/8/116
BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2007;8():116-116.
Published online 26 Nov 2007
PMCID:PMC2244624.
ad placement). Increase in stiffness is mostly caused by increasing modulus, but there is a negative correlation between increase in modulus and transverse area (symbolized by drawn line on bottom plane).