Adaptation of tendon collagen to exercise.

International orthopaedics ·Vol. 13 ·No. 3 ·1989-00-00 ·Pages 161-5

Michna H, Hartmann G

Abstract

We report an experimental study on the effect of exercise on tendon structure in mice. After one week of physical training an increase in mean diameter, in number, and in cross-sectional area, as well as a change in mean fibril diameter distribution, was demonstrated. In the long-term, there was an increase in fibril number, a fall in mean diameter, but no statistically significant changes in the relative cross-sectional area per unit compared with the control tendons.

MeSH Terms

Animals Biomechanical Phenomena Collagen/metabolism Mice Mice, Inbred Strains Microscopy, Electron/methods Microscopy, Electron, Scanning Physical Conditioning, Animal Tendons/metabolism,ultrastructure

Chemicals

Collagen

Authors & Affiliations

2 authors, click to expand affiliations / ORCID

Michna H

Institut für Anatomie, Medizinische Universität zu Lübeck, Federal Republic of Germany.

Hartmann G

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Article Info

Journal

International orthopaedics

Abbr.

Int Orthop

ISSN

0341-2695

DOI

10.1007/BF00268040

Published

1989-00-00

Pages

161-5

Language

English

Region

Germany

NLM ID

7705431

Subset

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