Biomechanical and structural response of healing Achilles tendon to fatigue loading following acute injury

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 47, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 2028-2034

  Freedman, Benjamin R ^a   Sarver, Joseph J ^a   Buckley, Mark R ^a,b   Voleti, Pramod B ^a   Soslowsky, Louis J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b University of Rochester   (United States)

Author keywords

Achilles tendon; Damage; Fatigue mechanics; Foot and ankle; Healing; Imaging; Injury

Indexed keywords

DYNAMIC LOADS; DYNAMICS; FATIGUE DAMAGE; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; MAMMALS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL PROPERTIES;

ACHILLES TENDONS; DAMAGE; FOOT AND ANKLE; HEALING; INJURY;

TENDONS;

ACHILLES TENDON; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYNAMIC MODULUS; FATIGUE; HEALING; HYSTERESIS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGIDITY; STRUCTURAL RESPONSE; TENDON INJURY; TISSUE REACTION; TISSUE STRUCTURE;

ACHILLES TENDON; DAMAGE; FATIGUE MECHANICS; FOOT AND ANKLE; HEALING; IMAGING; INJURY;

ACHILLES TENDON; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; TENDON INJURIES; TENSILE STRENGTH; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 84901617279     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: 18732380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2013.10.054     Document Type: Article

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