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SUBMITTER: Galloway MT
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3748997 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Galloway Marc T MT Lalley Andrea L AL Shearn Jason T JT
The Journal of bone and joint surgery. American volume 20130901 17
Tendon injuries often result from excessive or insufficient mechanical loading, impairing the ability of the local tendon cell population to maintain normal tendon function. The resident cell population composing tendon tissue is mechanosensitive, given that the cells are able to alter the extracellular matrix in response to modifications of the local loading environment. Natural tendon healing is insufficient, characterized by improper collagen fibril diameter formation, collagen fibril distrib ...[more]