Myositis ossificans following forcible manipulation of the leg. A rabbit model for the study of heterotopic bone formation.
- 1 July 1980
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery
- Vol. 62 (5) , 811-815
- https://doi.org/10.2106/00004623-198062050-00017
Abstract
The right hind limbs of forty-four rabbits were immobilized with the knee in extension for as long as five weeks, except for a daily session of forcible mobilization lasting five minutes. Within five weeks there was progressive heterotopic-bone formation in the quadriceps muscle. The roentgenographic and histological changes were similar to those seen in human myositis ossificans.This publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit:
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