MUSCLE TENDON TRANSF

BIOMECHANICAL AND NEUROMUSCULAR RESPONSE TO TENDON TRANSPOSITIONS IN RAT

 Coordinatore VERENIGING VOOR CHRISTELIJK HOGER ONDERWIJS WETENSCHAPPELIJK ONDERZOEK EN PATIENTENZORG 

 Organization address address: De Boelelaan 1105
city: AMSTERDAM
postcode: 1081 HV

contact info
Titolo: Prof.
Nome: Peter
Cognome: Huijing
Email: send email
Telefono: +31-20-598 8476
Fax: 31 20 598 8529

 Nazionalità Coordinatore Netherlands [NL]
 Totale costo 75˙000 €
 EC contributo 75˙000 €
 Programma FP7-PEOPLE
Specific programme "People" implementing the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007 to 2013)
 Code Call FP7-PEOPLE-2007-4-3-IRG
 Funding Scheme MC-IRG
 Anno di inizio 2008
 Periodo (anno-mese-giorno) 2008-03-01   -   2011-02-28

 Partecipanti

# participant  country  role  EC contrib. [€] 
1    VERENIGING VOOR CHRISTELIJK HOGER ONDERWIJS WETENSCHAPPELIJK ONDERZOEK EN PATIENTENZORG

 Organization address address: De Boelelaan 1105
city: AMSTERDAM
postcode: 1081 HV

contact info
Titolo: Prof.
Nome: Peter
Cognome: Huijing
Email: send email
Telefono: +31-20-598 8476
Fax: 31 20 598 8529

NL (AMSTERDAM) coordinator 0.00

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connective    interventions    transmission    first    surgery    muscle    tendon    barrier    belly    adaptive    function    adhesion    surgical    tissues    transpositions    force    transfer    tissue    surface   

 Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)

'Tendon transfer surgeries, performed in a wide variety of patients (e.g. cerebral palsy) are aimed at improving gait or upper extremity function. However, results of these surgical interventions are not fully predictable and do not always meet the expectations. Force transmission via connective tissues at the muscle belly surface (i.e. epimuscular myofascial force transmission), as recently discovered by Huijing and Maas, is expected to play a major role here. Previous research has focused predominantly on optimizing acute effects of transfer surgery, but knowledge about the adaptive processes taking place after surgery that co-determine success of the intervention, is lacking. Therefore, the objective of this project is to assess the biomechanical and neuromuscular response to tendon transpositions determining the long-term result of the surgery. In addition, the effects of adhesion barrier application are studied as a first step aimed to prevent scar tissue formation. The central hypothesis is that relocating the tendon as well as part of its muscle belly leads to adaptation of muscle and connective tissues, as well as to adjustments of muscle activity patterns. Following m. brachialis (BR) tendon transfer in rat, in vivo muscle function will be investigated (Aim 1); adaptation of intra- and extramuscular connective tissues will be quantified and effects of such adaptations on force transmission from the target muscle will be measured (Aim 2); effects of an adhesion barrier on the formation of connective tissue at the dissected muscle belly surface and on the functional outcome will be assessed (Aim 3),. This will be the first systematic study of tendon transfer addressing the postoperative adaptive processes over a wide range of organization levels. Knowledge obtained will ultimately lead to improved surgical practice in tendon transpositions and other surgical interventions, to recommendations for therapy after the transfer and to better clinical outcomes.'

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