The role of mechanical loading in tendon development, maintenance, injury, and repair

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 95, Issue 17, 2013, Pages 1620-1628

  Galloway, Marc T ^a   Lalley, Andrea L ^b   Shearn, Jason T ^b  

^a Cincinnati Sports Medicine and Orthopaedic Center Inc   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN FIBER; COLLAGEN FIBRIL;

CELL POPULATION; COLLAGEN SYNTHESIS; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HEALING; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; MECHANICAL STRESS; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; MUSCLE FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TENDON; TENDON INJURY; TENDON RECONSTRUCTION; TENDON TRANSFER; TISSUE ENGINEERING; EXERCISE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; WEIGHT BEARING; WOUND HEALING;

EXERCISE; HUMANS; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TENDON INJURIES; TENDONS; WEIGHT-BEARING; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 84887261463     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: 15351386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.L.01004     Document Type: Review

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