van Walsum J
Tijdschr Diergeneeskd. 1974 Jan 15;100(2):76-83.
The main purpose of the studies reported in the present paper was to test the theory that the tendon tissues of birds predisposed to synovitis, will show qualitative and (or) quantitative deficiencies. The tensile strength (TS) (maximum stress in kg/sq.mm. which can be tolerated by a particular tendon) was adopted as a parameter of the quality of the tendon tissues. The sectional area of a particular tendon per kg. of body weight served as a quantitative parameter. The results of these investigations were in accordance with the theory: the tendon tissues of birds predisposed to synovitis were found to be inferior to those of birds rarely affected with synovitis, both from the qualitative and from the quantitative point of view. These findings will have to be taken into account in future research programmes concerned with synovitis. Only to pay attention to infectious factors in the problem of synovitis means a one-sided approach which will probably fail to provide a definite solution.
本文所报道的研究的主要目的是检验这样一种理论，即易患滑膜炎的鸟类的肌腱组织会出现质量和（或）数量上的缺陷。拉伸强度（TS）（特定肌腱所能承受的最大应力，单位为千克/平方毫米）被用作肌腱组织质量的一个参数。每千克体重的特定肌腱的横截面积作为一个定量参数。这些研究结果与该理论相符：从质量和数量角度来看，发现易患滑膜炎的鸟类的肌腱组织不如很少患滑膜炎的鸟类的肌腱组织。在未来有关滑膜炎的研究项目中必须考虑这些发现。在滑膜炎问题上只关注感染因素意味着一种片面的方法，可能无法提供明确的解决方案。
