Collagen fiber re-alignment in a neonatal developmental mouse supraspinatus tendon model

Annals of Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1102-1110

  Miller, Kristin S ^a   Connizzo, Brianne K ^a   Soslowsky, Louis J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Collagen fiber distributions; Collagen fibrillogenesis; Polarized light; Preconditioning; Structural changes; Tendon post natal development

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN FIBER; COLLAGEN FIBRILS; FIBRILLOGENESIS; INSERTION SITE; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRECONDITIONING; STRUCTURAL CHANGE; STRUCTURAL RESPONSE; TENSILE MECHANICAL TESTING; TIME POINTS; TRANSITION POINT;

ALIGNMENT; COLLAGEN; LIGHT POLARIZATION; MAMMALS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MECHANICAL TESTING; TENDONS;

FIBERS;

COLLAGEN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; METABOLISM; MOUSE; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY; TENDON; WEIGHT BEARING;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; COLLAGEN; FEMALE; MALE; MICE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; TENDONS; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 84862021031     PISSN: 00906964     EISSN: 15739686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10439-011-0490-3     Document Type: Article

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