Clinical Biomechanics
Volume 25, Issue 9 , Pages 953-958 , November 2010

Effects of maturation on the mechanical properties of regenerated and residual tissues in the rabbit patellar tendon after resection of its central one-third

  • Eijiro Maeda

      Affiliations

    • Biomechanics Laboratory, Department of Mechanical Science and Bioengineering, Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University, Toyonaka, Osaka, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Division of Human Mechanical Systems and Design, Graduate School of Engineering, Hokkaido University, N13 W8, Sapporo, 060-8628, Japan.
    • Present, Division of Human Mechanical Systems and Design, Graduate School of Engineering, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan.
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  • Harukazu Tohyama

      Affiliations

    • Department of Sports Medicine and Joint Reconstruction Surgery, Hokkaido University School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan
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  • Hitoshi Noguchi

      Affiliations

    • Biomechanics Laboratory, Department of Mechanical Science and Bioengineering, Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University, Toyonaka, Osaka, Japan
    • Present, Denso Corporation, Nagoya, Japan.
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  • Kazunori Yasuda

      Affiliations

    • Department of Sports Medicine and Joint Reconstruction Surgery, Hokkaido University School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan
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  • Kozaburo Hayashi

      Affiliations

    • Biomechanics Laboratory, Department of Mechanical Science and Bioengineering, Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University, Toyonaka, Osaka, Japan
    • Present, Department of Biomedical Engineering, School of Engineering, Okayama University of Science, Okayama, Japan.

Received 2 November 2009 ,Accepted 1 July 2010.

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PII: S0268-0033(10)00194-4

doi: 10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2010.07.001

Clinical Biomechanics
Volume 25, Issue 9 , Pages 953-958 , November 2010

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