Mechanisms and dynamics of mechanical strengthening in ligament-equivalent fibroblast-populated collagen matrices

Annals of Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 1993, Pages 289-305

  Huang, David ^a   Chang, Thomas R ^a   Aggarwal, Achal ^a   Lee, Raphael C ^a,b,c   Ehrlich, H Paul ^c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Breaking strength; Collagen; Collagen gel; Crosslink; Fibroblasts; Ligament; Stiffness

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; DYNAMIC LOADS; HYDRATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; STRESS ANALYSIS; TISSUE;

COLLAGEN GEL; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX CONSOLIDATION; FIBROBLAST POPULATED COLLAGEN MATRICES; HUMAN DERMAL FIBROBLASTS; LIGAMENT EQUIVALENTS (LES);

LIGAMENTS;

COLLAGEN;

ARTICLE; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; CROSS LINKING; FIBROBLAST; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LIGAMENT; MECHANICAL STRESS; MORPHOGENESIS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; RIGIDITY; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP;

AGE FACTORS; AMINOPROPIONITRILE; BIOMECHANICS; CELLS, CULTURED; COLLAGEN; DNA; EVALUATION STUDIES; FIBROBLASTS; FORMALDEHYDE; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCANS; HUMAN; LIGAMENTS; PHOTOMICROGRAPHY; STRESS, MECHANICAL; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TENSILE STRENGTH; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 0027592942     PISSN: 00906964     EISSN: 15739686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02368184     Document Type: Article

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