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Tissue Length Maintenance

Tissue Length Maintenance is a therapeutic intervention strategy within the domain of contracture prevention that specifically involves the systematic application of sustained mechanical stretch and positioning techniques to preserve or restore the functional extensibility of soft tissues, thereby preventing myofibroblast-mediated shortening and extracellular matrix remodeling that lead to pathological joint stiffness.

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2017–2026

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Nebulin regulates the assembly and lengths of the thin filaments in striated muscle

Abigail McElhinny, Catherine Schwach, Melinda Valichnac et al. · The Journal of Cell Biology · 2005 · 85 citations · Full text

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A kelp with integrity: Macrocystis pyrifera prioritises tissue maintenance in response to nitrogen fertilisation

Tiffany Stephens, Christopher D. Hepburn · Oecologia · 2016 · 43 citations

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Small External Fixation Devices for the Hand and Wrist

Frédéric Schuind, William P. Cooney, F Burny et al. · Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research · 1993 · 40 citations

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Double Z‐Plasty to Enhance Rhombic Flap Mobility

Sylvia C. Johnson, Richard G. Bennett · The Journal of Dermatologic Surgery and Oncology · 1994 · 37 citations

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Preserving sarcomere number after tenotomy requires stretch and contraction

Jonathan M. Van Dyke, James Bain, Danny A. Riley · Muscle & Nerve · 2011 · 33 citations

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Authors

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    Takumi Fujita

    University of Rochester Medical Center, United States

    1 publications · 32 citations

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    Giacomo Frati

    Sapienza University of Rome, Italy

    1 publications · 20 citations

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  3. SM
    Srinivas M. Susarla

    Massachusetts General Hospital, United States

    1 publications · 12 citations

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  4. JM
    Jonathan M. Van Dyke

    Medical College of Wisconsin, United States

    1 publications · 33 citations

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    Paul S. Weinhold

    University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, United States

    1 publications · 19 citations

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Institutions

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  1. Illinois Institute of Technology

    Chicago, United States

    1 h-index

    3 publications

    51 citations

  2. Loyola University Chicago

    Chicago, United States

    1 h-index

    6 publications

    102 citations

  3. Cleveland Clinic

    Cleveland, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    17 citations

  4. University of Vermont Medical Center

    Burlington, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    32 citations

  5. Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis

    Indianapolis, United States

    1 h-index

    3 publications

    33 citations

  6. Miami Valley Hospital

    Dayton, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    14 citations

  7. Medical College of Wisconsin

    Milwaukee, United States

    1 h-index

    3 publications

    99 citations

  8. Massachusetts General Hospital

    Boston, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    12 citations

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  2. Muscle & Nerve

    1 publications · 33 citations

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  3. Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

    1 publications · 12 citations

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  4. The Journal of Cell Biology

    JCB · 1 publications · 85 citations

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  5. Circulation Research

    1 publications · 17 citations

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