Achilles tendon injuries in elite athletes: Lessons in pathophysiology from their equine Counterparts

ILAR Journal

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 86-99

  Patterson Kane, Janet C ^a   Rich, Tina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Achilles tendon; Aging; Athletes; Horse; Superficial digital flexor tendon; Tendinopathy; Tendon; Tenocyte

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN P53;

ACHILLES TENDON; AGING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL MODEL; HORSE; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MOUSE; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; WOUND HEALING;

ACHILLES TENDON; AGING; ANIMALS; HORSES; HUMANS; MICE; MODELS, ANIMAL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEIN P53; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 84902507423     PISSN: 10842020     EISSN: 19306180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ilar/ilu004     Document Type: Article

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