Role of moderate exercising on Achilles tendon collagen crimping patterns and proteoglycans

Connective Tissue Research

Volumn 54, Issue 4-5, 2013, Pages 267-274

  Franchi, Marco ^a   Torricelli, Paola ^b   Giavaresi, Gianluca ^b   Fini, Milena ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b RIZZOLI ORTHOPAEDIC INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Achilles tendon; Crimps; Running; Tendon extracellular matrix; Tenocytes

Indexed keywords

AGGRECAN; COLLAGEN; COLLAGEN FIBER; COLLAGEN FIBRIL; COLLAGEN TYPE 1; COLLAGEN TYPE 2; COLLAGEN TYPE 3; COLLAGENASE 3; ELASTIN; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN POLYSULFATE; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 6; PROTEOGLYCAN; TISSUE INHIBITOR OF METALLOPROTEINASE 1;

ACHILLES TENDON; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL FUNCTION; CELL ISOLATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL TYPE; COLLAGEN SYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; MALE; MUSCLE RIGIDITY; NONHUMAN; PROTEOGLYCAN SYNTHESIS; RAT; RUNNING; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; TENDON; TENOCYTE;

ACHILLES TENDON; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; CELLS, CULTURED; COLLAGEN; MALE; MICROSCOPY, POLARIZATION; PHYSICAL CONDITIONING, ANIMAL; PROTEOGLYCANS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 84884261484     PISSN: 03008207     EISSN: 16078438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/03008207.2013.807808     Document Type: Article

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