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SUBMITTER: Deymier-Black AC
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5024979 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Deymier-Black Alix C AC Pasteris Jill D JD Genin Guy M GM Thomopoulos Stavros S
Journal of biomechanical engineering 20151101 11
Several features of the tendon-to-bone attachment were examined allometrically to determine load transfer mechanisms. The humeral head diameter increased geometrically with animal mass. Area of the attachment site exhibited a near isometric increase with muscle physiological cross section. In contrast, the interfacial roughness as well as the mineral gradient width demonstrated a hypoallometric relationship with physiologic cross-sectional area (PCSA). The isometric increase in attachment area i ...[more]