Helical sub-structures in energy-storing tendons provide a possible mechanism for efficient energy storage and return

Acta Biomaterialia

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 7948-7956

  Thorpe, Chavaunne T ^a,b   Klemt, Christian ^a   Riley, Graham P ^c   Birch, Helen L ^d   Clegg, Peter D ^b   Screen, Hazel R C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Confocal microscopy; Fascicle; Micromechanics; Structure function

Indexed keywords

HYSTERESIS;

ENERGY; EXPOSED TO; FASCICLE; HIGH STRAINS; HYSTERESIS LOSS; POSSIBLE MECHANISMS; PROPERTY; STRUCTURAL DIFFERENCES; STRUCTURE FUNCTIONS; SUB-STRUCTURES;

TENDONS;

AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EQUIDAE; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; LOCOMOTION; MECHANICAL STRESS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; TENDON; TENDON INJURY; TENDON REFLEX; ANIMAL; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CYTOLOGY; ENERGY TRANSFER; HORSE; IN VITRO STUDY; PHYSIOLOGY; TENSILE STRENGTH; YOUNG MODULUS;

EQUIDAE;

ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTIC MODULUS; ENERGY TRANSFER; HORSES; MODELS, ANATOMIC; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; TENDONS; TENSILE STRENGTH; IN VITRO TECHNIQUES;

EID: 84891699265     PISSN: 17427061     EISSN: 18787568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2013.05.004     Document Type: Article

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