Collagen fibril diameter distribution does not reflect changes in the mechanical properties of in vitro stress-deprived tendons

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 69-75

  Lavagnino, Michael ^a   Arnoczky, Steven P ^a   Frank, Katherine ^b   Tian, Tao ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KALAMAZOO COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cells; Collagen fibril; MMP 1; Stress deprived; Tendon

Indexed keywords

MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; STRESS ANALYSIS; TENDONS; TENSILE PROPERTIES; TENSILE TESTING; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

FIBRIL DIAMETER DISTRIBUTION; TIME CONTROLS;

COLLAGEN;

COLLAGEN FIBRIL;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DENSITY; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FIBER; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STRESS; TENDON; TENSILE STRENGTH; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; COLLAGEN; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE 1; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RNA, MESSENGER; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TAIL; TENDONS; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 7044270593     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2004.03.035     Document Type: Article

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