Mechanical, compositional, and structural properties of the post-natal mouse Achilles tendon

Annals of Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1904-1913

  Ansorge, Heather L ^a   Adams, Sheila ^b   Birk, David E ^b   Soslowsky, Louis J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Collagen; Fibril; Growth; Mechanical strength; Postnatal; Proteoglycan

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES TENDONS; ANIMAL MODEL; BIOLOGICAL MECHANISMS; COLLAGEN CONTENT; COMPOSITIONAL CHANGES; DECORIN; FIBER ORGANIZATION; FIBRIL; FIBRIL DIAMETERS; GENETICALLY MODIFIED; MECHANICAL DEVELOPMENT; MECHANISTIC STUDIES; MOUSE MODELS; NORMAL TISSUE; POSTNATAL; PROTEOGLYCANS; STANDARD DEVIATION; STRUCTURAL CHANGE; TISSUE HEALING;

BIOMECHANICS; COLLAGEN; MAMMALS; MECHANISMS; STANDARDIZATION; TENDONS;

MECHANICAL PROPERTIES;

ACHILLES TENDON; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; C57BL MOUSE; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CYTOLOGY; MECHANICAL STRESS; MOUSE; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY; TENSILE STRENGTH; YOUNG MODULUS;

ACHILLES TENDON; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTIC MODULUS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MODELS, ANATOMIC; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 79958822271     PISSN: 00906964     EISSN: 15739686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10439-011-0299-0     Document Type: Article

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