The role of Mechanical loading in ligament tissue engineering

Tissue Engineering - Part B: Reviews

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 467-475

  Benhardt, Hugh A ^a   Cosgriff Hernandez, Elizabeth M ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BULK MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; CELLULAR BEHAVIORS; CELLULAR PROCESS; COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS; CRITICAL COMPONENT; DIFFERENTIAL EFFECT; LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; LIGAMENT TISSUE ENGINEERING; LIVING TISSUES; LOAD-BEARING CAPACITY; LOAD-BEARING TISSUES; MATRIX PROTEINS; MECHANICAL CONDITIONING; MECHANICAL LOADING; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; PROTEASE PRODUCTION; TISSUE ENGINEERS; TISSUE FORMATION; TISSUE REMODELING;

BEARINGS (MACHINE PARTS); BEARINGS (STRUCTURAL); BIOMECHANICS; CELL CULTURE; CELL PROLIFERATION; LIGAMENTS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES;

TISSUE ENGINEERING;

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; BIOREACTOR; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FIBROBLAST; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIGAMENT; LIGAMENT SURGERY; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REVIEW; TENDON; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

ANIMALS; FIBROBLASTS; HUMANS; LIGAMENTS; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELLS; TENDONS; TISSUE ENGINEERING; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 71849115721     PISSN: 19373368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ten.teb.2008.0687     Document Type: Review

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