Low stress tendon fatigue is a relatively rapid process in the context of overuse injuries

Annals of Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1535-1545

  Parent, Gabriel ^a   Huppé, Nicolas ^a   Langelier, Eve ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Compliance; Histology; Mechanical degradation; Strain

Indexed keywords

CELL MATRIX INTERACTIONS; CELLULAR ACTIVITIES; COMPLIANCE; ENZYMATIC DEGRADATION; FATIGUE LEVEL; HIGHER-DEGREE; HISTOLOGICAL ANALYSIS; INITIAL APPROXIMATION; LOCAL ZONES; LOW STRESS; MECHANICAL DEGRADATION; MECHANICAL LOADING; MECHANICAL RESPONSE; MECHANICAL TESTS; MICROSCOPY TECHNIQUE; NON DESTRUCTIVE; OVERUSE INJURY; PHYSICAL EXERCISE; RAPID PROCESS; RAT TAIL TENDON; REPAIR PROCESS; STRUCTURAL EVIDENCE; TENDINOSIS;

BIOMECHANICS; DEGRADATION; FATIGUE TESTING; HISTOLOGY; LOADING; TENDONS;

STRESSES;

COLLAGEN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CUMULATIVE TRAUMA DISORDER; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; RAT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; TENDON; TENDON INJURY;

ANIMALS; COLLAGEN; CUMULATIVE TRAUMA DISORDERS; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TENDON INJURIES; TENDONS;

EID: 79954446619     PISSN: 00906964     EISSN: 15739686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10439-011-0254-0     Document Type: Article

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