Age-related changes in the mechanical properties of the epimysium in skeletal muscles of rats

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 465-469

  Gao, Yingxin ^a   Kostrominova, Tatiana Y ^b,c   Faulkner, John A ^b   Wineman, Alan S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE NORTHWEST   (United States)

Author keywords

Collagen fibrils; Epimysium; Mathematical modeling; Mechanical properties; Scanning electron microscopy (SEM); Tibialis anterior muscle (TBA)

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; RATS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STIFFNESS; STRAIN;

EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX (ECM); MUSCLE FIBERS;

MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM;

COLLAGEN FIBRIL;

AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; TISSUE STRUCTURE;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANISOTROPY; BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTICITY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RATS; RATS, INBRED LEW; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 38149033555     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2007.09.021     Document Type: Article

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