Regional variation of tibialis anterior tendon mechanics is lost following denervation

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1113-1117

  Arruda, Ellen M ^a   Calve, Sarah ^a   Dennis, Robert G ^b   Mundy, Kevin ^a   Baar, Keith ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Inactivity; Mechanics; Optical stress strain; Regional variability; Tendon rupture

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; BIOMECHANICS; BONE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENERVATION; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE MASS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; TENDON; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; TOE;

ANIMALS; COLLAGEN; DENERVATION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELASTICITY; IMMOBILIZATION; MALE; PLIABILITY; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; SCIATIC NERVE; SPECIFIC PATHOGEN-FREE ORGANISMS; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TENDONS;

EID: 33749340106     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00612.2005     Document Type: Article

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