Growth-related changes in the mechanical properties of collagen fascicles from rabbit patellar tendons

Biorheology

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-11

  Yamamoto, Ei ^a   Iwanaga, Wataru ^b   Yamamoto, Noritaka ^c   Hayashi, Kozaburo ^d  

^a KINKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KUBOTA CORPORATION   (Japan)

^c RITSUMEIKAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN FIBER;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY GROWTH; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; MECHANICAL STRESS; NONHUMAN; PATELLA TENDON; RABBIT; TENSILE STRENGTH;

AGING; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; COLLAGEN; HINDLIMB; PATELLA; RABBITS; TENDONS; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 1542719760     PISSN: 0006355X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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