Ageing changes in the tensile properties of tendons: Influence of collagen fibril volume fraction

Journal of Biomechanical Engineering

Volumn 130, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Goh, K L ^a   Holmes, D F ^b   Lu, H Y ^b   Richardson, S ^b   Kadler, K E ^b   Purslow, P P ^c   Wess, T J ^d  

^a Nanyang Technological University   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^d CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Area fraction; Collagen; Rule of mixtures; Stiffness; Strength

Indexed keywords

AGE GROUPS; AGE RELATED CHANGES; BIOLOGICAL COMPOSITES; COLLAGEN FIBRILS; CONNECTIVE TISSUES; CROSS SECTIONAL AREA (CSA); EXTRA-CELLULAR MATRIX (ECM); FIBER COMPOSITES; FIBRIL DIAMETER (FD); P -VALUES; PROTEOGLYCAN (PG); RULE OF MIXTURE (ROM); STRENGTH (IGC: D5/D6);

COLLAGEN FIBRIL; PROTEOGLYCAN; COLLAGEN;

AGING; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COLLAGEN SYNTHESIS; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HYDRATION; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RIGIDITY; TAIL; TENDON; TENSILE STRENGTH; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ANIMAL; BIOMECHANICS; C57BL MOUSE; MECHANICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; THEORETICAL MODEL; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

MUS;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; COLLAGEN; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TENDONS; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 47149105035     PISSN: 01480731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2898732     Document Type: Article

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