title: Effect of continuous load on the mechanical properties of tendon adhesions.
abstract: The restoration of tendon gliding after tendon repair or grafting is dependent upon alteration of the scar about the tendon. Application of a load (active range of motion exercises) is used clinically to effect this alteration. Using the chicken as a model, we are attempting to define the optimal timing, quantity and duration of the load. In these initial experiments, the effects of application of a continuous load for forty eight hours were evaluated in eighty nine chickens. A continuous load applied for forty eight hours had no significant effect on motion of repaired tendons or the scar "stiffness".
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001696:Biomechanical Phenomena; D002645:Chickens; D008297:Male; D013314:Stress, Mechanical; D013710:Tendons / Q000502:physiology / Q000601:surgery*; D000267:Tissue Adhesions / Q000503:physiopathology