Guidelines for ex vivo mechanical testing of tendon

SP Lake, JG Snedeker, VM Wang… - Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Tendons are critical for the biomechanical function of joints. Tendons connect muscles to
bones and allow for the transmission of muscle forces to facilitate joint motion. Therefore …

Modeling multiaxial damage regional variation in human annulus fibrosus

A Tamoud, F Zaïri, A Mesbah, F Zaïri - Acta Biomaterialia, 2021 - Elsevier
In the present article, a fully three-dimensional human annulus fibrosus model is developed
by considering the regional variation of the complex structural organization of collagen …

Saline-polyethylene glycol blends preserve in vitro annulus fibrosus hydration and mechanics: An experimental and finite-element analysis

B Werbner, M Zhou, N McMindes, A Lee, M Lee… - Journal of the …, 2022 - Elsevier
Precise control of tissue water content is essential for ensuring accurate, repeatable, and
physiologically relevant measurements of tissue mechanics and biochemical composition …

Method development and characterization of chick embryo tendon mechanical properties

J Navarro, A Korcari, P Nguyen, I Bah, A AlKhalifa… - Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Tendons are involved in multiple disorders and injuries, ranging from birth deformities to
tendinopathies to acute ruptures. The ability to characterize embryonic tendon mechanical …

Non-enzymatic glycation of annulus fibrosus alters tissue-level failure mechanics in tension

B Werbner, M Lee, A Lee, L Yang, M Habib… - Journal of the …, 2022 - Elsevier
Advanced-glycation end products (AGEs) are known to accumulate in biological tissues with
age and at an accelerated rate in patients with diabetes and chronic kidney disease …

Expanding limits of artificial enzymes: unprecedented catalysis by an oxidase nanozyme in activating a structural protein for covalent crosslinking and conferring …

AP Fatrekar, RV Morajkar, AA Vernekar - Chemical Science, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Nature has endowed us with some complex enzymes capable of utilizing proteins as their
substrates to generate functional proteins through post-translational modification. However …

髌腱弹性蛋白降解对其准静态拉伸力学性能的影响

刘晓云, 邓羽平, 李飞飞, 赵东良, 杨洋, 黄涛, 谭文长… - 中国组织工程研究, 2023 - cjter.com
髌腱弹性蛋白降解对其准静态拉伸力学性能的影响 Page 1 Chinese Journal of Tissue
Engineering Research|Vol 27|No.18|June 2023|2831 中国组织工程研究 Chinese Journal of …

Overload in a rat in vivo model of synergist ablation induces tendon multiscale structural and functional degeneration

ET Bloom, LM Lin, RC Locke… - Journal of …, 2023 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
Tendon degeneration is typically described as an overuse injury with little distinction made
between magnitude of load (overload) and number of cycles (overuse). Further, in vivo …

Effect of iodixanol and propylene glycol as clearing agents in extensor digitorum longus and soleus muscles: mechanical and morphological characterization using …

JF Escobar-Huertas, JJ Vaca-González… - Biomaterials …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Soft tissue engineering and regenerative medicine aim to address the intricate relationship
between tissue architecture and biomechanical performance. The traditional technique used …

A Validated Three-Dimensional, Heterogenous Finite Element Model of the Rotator Cuff and The Effects of Collagen Orientation

P Williamson, M Garcia, K Momenzadeh… - Annals of biomedical …, 2023 - Springer
Continuum mechanics-based finite element models of the shoulder aim to quantify the
mechanical environment of the joint to aid in clinical decision-making for rotator cuff injury …