The role of collagen arrangement change during tendon healing demonstrated by scanning electron microscopy

Journal of Electron Microscopy

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 327-334

  Sasaki, Kaoru ^a   Yamamoto, Naoto ^b   Kiyosawa, Tomoharu ^b   Sekido, Mitsuru ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

axialization; cell maceration; collagen arrangement; fibrous structure; scanning electron microscopy; tendon healing

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN;

ACHILLES TENDON; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; INJURY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; RAT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; WISTAR RAT; WOUND HEALING;

ACHILLES TENDON; ANIMALS; COLLAGEN; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; WOUND HEALING;

CELLS; COLLAGEN; CYTOLOGY; FIBERS; REPAIR; SURGERY; TENDONS; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

AXIAL ARRANGEMENT; AXIALIZATION; CELL MACERATION; COLLAGEN ARRANGEMENT; COLLAGEN FIBRES; DRY WEIGHT; FIBROUS STRUCTURES; OUTER LAYER; TENDON HEALING; TENDON TISSUES;

SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 84867529919     PISSN: 00220744     EISSN: 14779986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmicro/dfs057     Document Type: Article

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