Effect of scaffold material, construct length and mechanical stimulation on the in vitro stiffness of the engineered tendon construct

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 822-828

  Nirmalanandhan, Victor S ^a   Rao, Marepalli ^b   Shearn, Jason T ^a   Juncosa Melvin, Natalia ^a   Gooch, Cindi ^a   Butler, David L ^a  

^a University of Cincinnati   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

Construct length; Mechanical stimulation; Mesenchymal stem cell (MSC); Scaffold material; Tissue engineering

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; CORRELATION METHODS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; STIFFNESS; SURGERY; TENDONS;

CONSTRUCT LENGTH; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL (MSC); SCAFFOLD MATERIALS;

TISSUE ENGINEERING;

COLLAGEN; SCAFFOLD PROTEIN;

ACHILLES TENDON; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; IN VITRO STUDY; JOINT STIFFNESS; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TENDON RECONSTRUCTION; TENDON RUPTURE; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; CELL LINE; CELLS, CULTURED; COLLAGEN TYPE I; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; GELS; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; PATELLA; RABBITS; TENDON INJURIES; TENDONS; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE SCAFFOLDS;

EID: 39749104298     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2007.11.009     Document Type: Article

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