Semitendinosus regrowth: Biochemical, ultrastructural, and physiological characterization of the regenerate tendon

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1173-1181

  Gill, Sanjitpal S ^a   Turner, Maria A ^a   Battaglia, Todd C ^a   Leis, Henry T ^b   Bailan, Gary ^a   Miller, Mark D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b USAF   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL); Hamstring; Regeneration

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; COLLAGEN TYPE 1; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOMECHANICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FORCE; HAMSTRING; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOLOCALIZATION; KNEE FUNCTION; LIGAMENT SURGERY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; REGENERATION; SEMITENDINOUS MUSCLE TENDON; TENDON; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; COLLAGEN TYPE I; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCANS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MODELS, ANIMAL; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RABBITS; REGENERATION; STAINING AND LABELING; TENDONS; TENSILE STRENGTH; TIBIA; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 3242762955     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546503262159     Document Type: Article

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