Tissue memory in healing tendons: Short loading episodes stimulate healing

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 107, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 417-421

  Andersson, Therese ^a   Eliasson, Pernilla ^a   Aspenberg, Per ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Achilles tendon; Hindlimb suspension; Immobilization; Mechanical stimulation; Tendon healing

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES TENDON; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; MEMORY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TENDON; TISSUE REPAIR; TREADMILL EXERCISE;

ACHILLES TENDON; ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; HINDLIMB SUSPENSION; PHYSICAL EXERTION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TENDON INJURIES; TIME FACTORS; WEIGHT-BEARING; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 68249157993     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00414.2009     Document Type: Article

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