Knee ligament mechanical properties are not influenced by estrogen or its receptors

American Journal of Physiology - Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 290, Issue 5, 2006, Pages

  Warden, Stuart J ^a,b   Saxon, Leanne K ^b   Castillo, Alesha B ^c   Turner, Charles H ^c  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterior cruciate ligament; Biomechanics; Medial collateral ligament; Neuromuscular control; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; ETHINYLESTRADIOL; PROPYL PYRAZOLE TRIOL; PYRAZOLE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG MECHANISM; FEMALE; GENETIC CODE; KNEE LIGAMENT; MALE; MOUSE; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TENSILE STRENGTH; VISCOELASTICITY;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; BODY WEIGHT; ELASTICITY; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; ESTROGENS; ETHINYL ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; KNEE JOINT; LIGAMENTS, ARTICULAR; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; PYRAZOLES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 33646397321     PISSN: 01931849     EISSN: 15221555     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.00367.2005     Document Type: Article

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