Collagen fibres of the spontaneously ruptured human tendons display decreased thickness and crimp angle

Journal of Orthopaedic Research

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1303-1309

  Järvinen, Tero A H ^a,b,c   Järvinen, Teppo L N ^b,c   Kannus, Pekka ^b,c,e   Józsa, László ^b,c,d   Järvinen, Markku ^b,c  

^a BURNHAM INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TAMPERE   (Finland)

^c TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^d Orszagos Traumatologiai Intezet   (Hungary)

^e UKK INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH PROMOTION RESEARCH   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN FIBER;

ACHILLES TENDON RUPTURE; ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HAND MUSCLE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PHASE CONTRAST MICROSCOPY; POLARIZATION MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; TENDON RUPTURE; THICKNESS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ACHILLES TENDON; COLLAGEN; ELASTICITY; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; RUPTURE; TENDON INJURIES;

EID: 4844231023     PISSN: 07360266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orthres.2004.04.003     Document Type: Article

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