Can exercise modulate the maturation of functionally different immature tendons in the horse?

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 104, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 416-422

  Kasashima, Y ^a   Takahashi, T ^a   Birch, H L ^b   Smith, R K W ^b   Goodship, A E ^b  

^a EQUINE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Biomechanics; Cartilage oligomeric matrix protein; Hypertrophy

Indexed keywords

CARTILAGE OLIGOMERIC MATRIX PROTEIN;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY TRANSFER; EXERCISE; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FEMALE; FOAL; HORSE; HYPERTROPHY; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MATURATION; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TENDON; TRAINING;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; AGE FACTORS; AGING; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; COLLAGEN; EXERTION; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX PROTEINS; FEMALE; GLYCOPROTEINS; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCANS; HORSES; MALE; PHYSICAL CONDITIONING, ANIMAL; TENDONS;

EID: 39049129381     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00379.2007     Document Type: Article

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