Botulinum Neurotoxin A Injections Influence Stretching of the Gastrocnemius Muscle-Tendon Unit in an Animal Model.docVIP

Toxins 2012, 4, 605-619; doi:10.3390/toxins4080605 OPEN ACCESS toxins ISSN 2072-6651 /journal/toxins Article Botulinum Neurotoxin A Injections Influence Stretching of the Gastrocnemius Muscle-Tendon Unit in an Animal Model Patrick Haubruck 1,*, Sandeep Mannava 2,3, Johannes F. Plate 2,3,*, Michael F. Callahan 2, Walter F. Wiggins 2,3, Gerhard Schmidmaier 1, Christopher J. Tuohy 2, Katherine R. Saul 4 and Thomas L. Smith 2 1 Universit?tsKlinikum Heidelberg, Stiftung Orthop?dische Universit?tsklinik, Schlierbacher Landstrasse 200a, Heidelberg, 69118, Germany; E-Mail: Gerhard.schmidmaier@