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Joint Stiffness Is Heritable and Associated with Fibrotic Conditions and Joint Replacement

OBJECTIVE: Joint stiffness is a common, debilitating, age-related symptom, which may be seen after total joint replacement (TJR). Stiffness also occurs in fibrotic conditions such as shoulder capsulitis and Dupuytren's contracture. We speculated that the two traits (TJR and fibrotic disease) ar...

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Autores principales: Williams, Frances M., Kalson, Nicholas S., Fabiane, Stella M., Mann, Derek A., Deehan, David J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4509645/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26197488
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0133629