What is it about?
Long term plaster casting or leg immobilization after a tendon injury hinders the healing process.
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Why is it important?
Different means to prevent the detrimental effects of leg immobilization are being developed.
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This page is a summary of: Prolonged immobilization compromises up-regulation of repair genes after tendon rupture in a rat model, Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports, July 2009, Wiley,
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0838.2009.00954.x.
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