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Biomechanics of tendons and ligaments : tissue reconstruction and regeneration /

Buschmann, Johanna, Ph. D.,

Biomechanics of tendons and ligaments : tissue reconstruction and regeneration / Johanna Buschmann and Gabriella Meier Bürgisser, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland. - x, 340 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. - Woodhead Publishing series in biomaterials . - Woodhead Publishing series in biomaterials. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part 1. Fundamentals and biomechanics of tendons and ligaments -- 1. Structure and function of tendon and ligament tissues -- 2. Biomechanical properties of tendons and ligaments in humans and animals -- 3. Mechanobiology of tendons and ligaments -- 4. Experimental methods for measuring tendon and ligament biomechanics -- 5. Imaging of tendons and ligaments in animal models -- Part 2. Repair and regeneration of tendons and ligaments -- 6. Autograft, allograft, and xenograft scaffolds for tendon and ligament repair: materials and biomechanics -- 7. Collagen for tendon and ligament repair: preparartions and biomechanics -- 8. Synthetic polymer scaffolds for tendon and ligament repair: materials and biomechanics -- 9. Cell therapies for tendons and ligament repair -- 10. In vitro-in vivo biomechanical performance of tissue-engineered constructs for tendon and ligament repair -- 11. Role of cellular response in the healing process of tendons and ligaments -- 12. Evolving treatments and emerging strategies for tendon and ligament reconstruction.

9780081004890 0081004893

2017303198

101704751 DNLM


Connective tissues
Tendons--Mechanical properties.
Ligaments--Mechanical properties.
Biomechanics.
Biomedical materials.
Tendon Injuries--surgery.
Ligaments--injuries.
Ligaments--surgery.
Regeneration--physiology.
Reconstructive Surgical Procedures.
Biomechanical Phenomena.

QM563 / .B87 2017

612.7/57

2017 C-922 WE 600

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