The changes in the tensile properties of tendons after freeze storage in saline solution

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part H: Journal of Engineering in Medicine

Volumn 219, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 387-392

  Ng, Boon Ho ^a,b   Chou, Siaw Meng ^a   Lim, Beng Hai ^a   Chong, Alphonsus ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Connective tissues; Freezing; Saline solution; Tendon; Tensile properties

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; ELASTIC MODULI; POROSITY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SOLUTIONS; STRAIN; TENSILE PROPERTIES; TISSUE; FREEZING; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; TENDONS;

CONNECTIVE TISSUES; SALINE SOLUTION; ULTIMATE TENSILE STRENGTH;

TENDONS; TENSILE STRENGTH;

COLLAGEN FIBRES; CONNECTIVE TISSUES; MEAN VALUES; MICROSTRUCTURE CHANGES; SALINE SOLUTIONS; SEM STUDY; TIME POINTS; ULTIMATE TENSILE STRENGTH;

CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENT; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; CRYOPRESERVATION; DRUG EFFECT; ELASTICITY; MECHANICAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TENDON; TENSILE STRENGTH; TISSUE PRESERVATION;

ANIMALS; CHICKENS; CRYOPRESERVATION; CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENTS; ELASTICITY; SODIUM CHLORIDE; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TENDONS; TENSILE STRENGTH; TISSUE PRESERVATION;

EID: 27744572000     PISSN: 09544119     EISSN: 09544119     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/095441105X63309     Document Type: Article

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