Chronic Nicotine Exposure Alters Uninjured Tendon Vascularity and Viscoelasticity
Background: Although nicotine and tobacco use are well established to have adverse health effects, the effects on tendons are less well understood. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of chronic nicotine exposure on Achilles tendon (AT) and supraspinatus tendon (SS) physiologic a...
Main Authors: | Daniel Gittings MD, Corinne Riggin BS, James Boorman-Padgett MS, Stephanie Weiss BS, George Fryhofer MD, MTR, Daniel Farber MD, David Steinberg MD, Louis J. Soslowsky PhD |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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SAGE Publishing
2019-04-01
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Series: | Foot & Ankle Orthopaedics |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1177/2473011419842529 |
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