As a Clinician,you Are Attempting to Produce Permanent Elongation in a Severely

Multiple Choice

As a clinician,you are attempting to produce permanent elongation in a severely contracted flexor digitorum profundus tendon.Which of the following general strategies concerning treatment will be least effective in achieving permanent lengthening of the tendon?

A) Apply force slowly to decrease the stiffness of the tendon.
B) Apply a short duration force,keeping the force in the elastic range.
C) Apply enough force to cause microfailure of some fibers in the tendon.
D) Use a splint that will apply a low load to the tendon (at the beginning of the elastic range) for 3 weeks.