Glutaraldehyde cross-linking of tendon - Mechanical effects at the level of the tendon fascicle and fibril

Connective Tissue Research

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 211-222

  Hansen, Philip ^a   Hassenkam, Tue ^a   Svensson, René Brüggebusch ^a   Aagaard, Per ^b   Trappe, Todd ^c   Haraldsson, Bjarki Thor ^a   Kjaer, Michael ^a   Magnusson, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c BALL STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atomic Force Microscopy; Collagen; Connective Tissue; Cross Linking; Mechanical Properties; Tendon

Indexed keywords

GLUTARALDEHYDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BIOMECHANICS; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS LINKING; FIBER; MALE; MECHANICAL STRESS; NONHUMAN; RAT; SPECTROSCOPY; TENDON; TENSILE STRENGTH; TERAHERTZ SPECTROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; COLLAGEN; CROSS-LINKING REAGENTS; GLUTARAL; MALE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TENDONS; TENSILE STRENGTH;

RATTUS;

EID: 69349093695     PISSN: 03008207     EISSN: 16078438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03008200802610040     Document Type: Article

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