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Tendon Regeneration: Roles of Growth Factors and Phenotypic Diversity in Tendon Stem Cells
Tendon injuries significantly impact quality of life and are often career ending. Mesenchymal stem cell (MSC) therapy is known to augment intrinsic tendon healing, however, little is known of the stem cells endogenous to tendon, the microenvironmental cues that induce tendon differentiation, and …
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AGING OF MUSCLE-TENDON UNITS INFLUENCES COMMON ORTHOPAEDIC INJURIES AND TENDON-TO-BONE HEALING
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Gene expression in healing tendon
Tendon injury is painful and often debilitating, and is a one of the most prevalent soft tissue injuries encountered in the clinic. While common, the underlying molecular and genetic processes of tendon damage and repair remain poorly understood. The work described herein used genome-wide …
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Factors Affecting Anterior Knee Pain in Post-ACLR Comparing Patellar Tendon and Hamstring Tendon Autografts
… The most popular graft types include patellar tendon (PT) and hamstring tendon (HT) autografts. PT autografts have been blamed for chronic anterior knee pain (AKP) and extensor mechanism deficits. This study compared the PT and HT autografts and their impact on AKP in subjects who underwent …
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Rearfoot biomechanics in Achilles tendon function
Pain and disorders of the human Achilles tendon can impact on the quality of life of those involved in leisure activities as well as professional sports, and also activities of daily living. Clinically, Achilles problems are challenging as no ‘golden standard’ exists for assessment of risk factors …
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Modular tendon routing for continuum manipulators
Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'Closed Access', the embargo will last until 2027-08-01
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Effects of tendon viscoelasticity on the distribution of forces across sutures in a model tendon-to-bone repair
… in re-tearing when sutures break through the tendon in the weeks following repair. Numerous studies have been performed to identify suturing strategies that reduce this risk by balancing forces across sutures. However, the structural engineering basis for these approaches is still emerging, …
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Sonoelastography of the Supraspinatus Tendon: Correlation Analysis with T2* Mapping of the Supraspinatus Tendon on 3 Tesla MRI
… diagnosing early tendinosis of the supraspinatus tendon. Materials and Methods: A total of 25 consecutive patients (age range, 26-68 years) with shoulder pain were examined with sonoelastography of the supraspinatus tendon and 3T shoulder MRI with a T2* mapping sequence. The elasticity was …
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RETURN TO SPORT AFTER ACHILLES TENDON RUPTURE
Background: Achilles tendon (AT) rupture is a common injury, particularly among physically active individuals, with a 30% growth rate in the most affected age group (30–39 years). Among professional athletes, 25% fail to return to sport (RTS), and those who do typically require 8–11 months of …
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Model and control of tendon actuated robots
The use of tendons for the transmission of the forces and the movements in robotic devices has been investigated from several researchers all over the world. The interest in this kind of actuation modality is based on the possibility of optimizing the position of the actuators with respect to the …
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Biomimetic composite structure to simulate tendon performance
… that mimics the mechanical performance of a tendon. The biomimetic composite structure was composed of an elastomeric matrix reinforced with continuous polymer fibers. The matrix material was a thermoplastic polyurethane, Estane 5714 F5P. A polyamide (Nylon 6-6), a polyethylene terephthalate …
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Mesenchymal Stem Cell Mechanobiology and Tendon Regeneration
Tendon function is essential for quality of life, yet the pathogenesis and healing of tendinopathy remains poorly understood compared to other musculoskeletal disorders. The aim of regenerative medicine is to replace traditional tissue and organ transplantation by harnessing the developmental …
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Preclinical translation of therapeutic interventions for tendon injury
The burden of injury to tendon and the attachment between tendon and bone (i.e., the tendon-bone attachment) on quality of life, disability, health care, and the economy is significant. Unfortunately, current therapeutic interventions have high re-injury rates and do not restore the optimized …
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Tendon Transplantation in the Treatment of Paralytic Equinus
… and important. Most of the published reports on tendon transplants deal either with the entire group of lower extremity transplants or with the various stabilizing operations related to paralytic foot problems in general. It is the purpose of this study to review the treatment of paralytic …
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Understanding factors affecting tendon healing: Characterising the role of obesity on tendon healing and homeostasis and augmenting its effects with growth factors
Background: The burden of tendon disease is rising globally with an increasingly ageing and active population. Tears of rotator cuff tendons are common and result in substantial morbidity and healthcare costs. Recently, obesity has emerged as a key and potentially modifiable risk factor for …
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Defining the Role of Elastic Fibers in Tendon Mechanics
Tendons serve as a linking component of the musculoskeletal system by transferring forces between muscle and bone. As such, the structural proteins of the tendon extracellular matrix are of vital importance for the tissue to function properly and maintain its mechanical integrity. Collagen is the …
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Turkey-leg-tendon : a model system for collagen mineralisation
Turkey leg tendon (TLT) is used as a model system to explore the process of collagen mineralisation. Mineralisation takes place in distinct regions across the length of the tendon and is accompanied by a change in biomechanical properties of collagen. The collagen becomes more aligned and adapted …
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Optimisation of insertion point during latissimus dorsi tendon transfer
… (Sim et al., 2001). Latissimus dorsi (LD) tendon transfers have been shown to be an effective treatment for these massive or irreparable tears (Habermeyer, 2006), (De Casas et al., 2014). This procedure can have unpredictable outcomes (Ling et al., 2009). This is partially caused by …
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