Unloaded rat Achilles tendons continue to grow, but lose viscoelasticity

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 459-463

  Eliasson, Pernilla ^a   Fahlgren, Anna ^a   Pasternak, Björn ^a   Aspenberg, Per ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Creep; Hysteresis; Loading; Unloading

Indexed keywords

BOTULINUM TOXIN; DOXYCYCLINE; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE INHIBITOR;

ACHILLES TENDON; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRY WEIGHT; FEMALE; HYSTERESIS; MUSCLE LENGTH; NONHUMAN; PARALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TENSILE STRENGTH; VISCOELASTICITY; WATER CONTENT;

ACHILLES TENDON; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; COLLAGEN; DOXYCYCLINE; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; HINDLIMB SUSPENSION; METALLOPROTEASES; MODELS, ANIMAL; PROTEOGLYCANS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 34547631458     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.01333.2006     Document Type: Article

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