The mechanobiological aetiopathogenesis of tendinopathy: Is it the over-stimulation or the under-stimulation of tendon cells?

International Journal of Experimental Pathology

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 217-226

  Arnoczky, Steven P ^a   Lavagnino, Michael ^a   Egerbacher, Monika ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Gene expression; Matrix metalloproteinases; Mechanobiology; Tendinopathy; Tendon cell

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN FIBER;

ANIMAL CELL; CATABOLISM; CELL STIMULATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; GENE EXPRESSION; IN VITRO STUDY; JOINT DEGENERATION; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; MICROSCOPY; MONOLAYER CULTURE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REPETITIVE STRAIN INJURY; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TENDINITIS; TENDON; TENSILE STRENGTH;

ANIMALS; CUMULATIVE TRAUMA DISORDERS; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASES; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; RATS; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TENDINOPATHY;

EID: 34547914819     PISSN: 09599673     EISSN: 13652613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2613.2007.00548.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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