Functional grading of mineral and collagen in the attachment of tendon to bone

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 97, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 976-985

  Genin, Guy M ^a   Kent, Alistair ^b   Birman, Victor ^d   Wopenka, Brigitte ^c   Pasteris, Jill D ^c   Marquez, Pablo J ^e   Thomopoulos, Stavros ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MISSOURI UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN FIBER; MINERAL; MINERAL FIBER;

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISPERSION; MICROSCOPY; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; RIGIDITY; TENDON;

EID: 69449099528     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2009.05.043     Document Type: Article

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