Stress amplification during development of the tendon-to-bone attachment

Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 973-983

  Liu, Yanxin ^a   Schwartz, Andrea G ^b   Birman, Victor ^c   Thomopoulos, Stavros ^b   Genin, Guy M ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c MISSOURI UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Enthesis; Enthesis development; Mineralized tissue; Tendon to bone attachment

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; BONE; MINERALOGY; STRESSES; TENDONS;

ENTHESI DEVELOPMENT; ENTHESIS; LOW LOAD; MECHANICAL STRESS; MINERALISATION; MINERALIZED TISSUE; TENDON TO BONES; TENDON-TO-BONE ATTACHMENT; TIME POINTS;

GRADING;

MINERAL;

AGING; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BONE; CELL SIZE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMERAL HEAD; MECHANICAL STRESS; METABOLISM; MOUSE; MUSCLE; NEWBORN; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TENDON; TIME FACTOR;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BONE AND BONES; CELL SIZE; HUMERAL HEAD; MICE; MINERALS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLES; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TENDONS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84920254840     PISSN: 16177959     EISSN: 16177940     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10237-013-0548-2     Document Type: Article

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