Early stage fatigue damage occurs in bovine tendon fascicles in the absence of changes in mechanics at either the gross or micro-structural level

Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials

Volumn 38, Issue , 2014, Pages 163-172

  Shepherd, Jennifer H ^a,c   Riley, Graham P ^b   Screen, Hazel R C ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLEACHING; CLEANING; CREEP; FATIGUE DAMAGE; MAMMALS; MECHANICS;

EXTENSION MECHANISMS; FATIGUE LOADINGS; GRID DEFORMATION; MATRIX DEFORMATION; MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES; MICRO-STRUCTURAL; MICROSTRUCTURAL DEFORMATION; REPETITIVE MOTIONS;

TENDONS;

ACRIDINE ORANGE; COLLAGEN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CATTLE; CELL MOTION; CELL NUCLEUS; DEEP DIGITAL FLEXOR TENDON; DIGITAL EXTENSOR TENDON; FATIGUE; FIDUCIAL MARKER; FLEXOR TENDON; GROSS FASCICLE MECHANICS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TENDON; TENDON FASCICLE; TENSILE STRENGTH; ANIMAL; BOVINAE; MATERIALS TESTING; MECHANICAL STRESS; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; TENDON INJURY; TIME; WEIGHT BEARING;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; CATTLE; COLLAGEN; MALE; MATERIALS TESTING; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TENDON INJURIES; TENDONS; TIME FACTORS; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 84907883338     PISSN: 17516161     EISSN: 18780180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2014.06.005     Document Type: Article

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