The development and morphogenesis of the tendon-to-bone insertion - What development can teach us about healing

Journal of Musculoskeletal Neuronal Interactions

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 35-45

  Thomopoulos, Stavros ^a   Genin, G M ^a   Galatz, L M ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Enthesis; Fibrocartilage; Mechanobiology

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; BONE; BONE DEFECT; BONE STRUCTURE; FIBROCARTILAGE; FRACTURE HEALING; GROWTH PLATE; HUMAN; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; OSSIFICATION; REVIEW; SCIENTIST; SURGERY; TENDON;

ANIMALS; BONE AND BONES; COLLAGEN; ELASTICITY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX PROTEINS; FIBROCARTILAGE; HUMANS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULOSKELETAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESSES; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TENDONS; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 77649220721     PISSN: 11087161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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