Role of storage on changes in the mechanical properties of tendon and self-assembled collagen fibers

Connective Tissue Research

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 155-164

  Silver, F H ^a   Christiansen, D L ^a   Snowhill, P B ^a   Chen, Y ^a  

^a RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Collagen fibrils; Proteoglycans; Storage; Tendon; Viscoelasticity

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN FIBER; PROTEOGLYCAN;

AGING; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; MEASUREMENT; MODEL; NONHUMAN; RAT; STRESS; TENDON; VISCOELASTICITY;

EID: 0033870607     PISSN: 03008207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/03008200009067667     Document Type: Article

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