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Mild hypercholesterolemia impacts achilles sub-tendon mechanical properties in young rats

BACKGROUND: Hypercholesterolemia is associated with tendon pathology, but the reasons underpinning this relationship are not well understood. Cholesterol can accumulate in the tendon non-collagenous matrix which may affect both global and local tissue mechanics. Changes to the local strain environme...

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Autores principales: Waugh, Charlie M., Mousavizadeh, Rouhollah, Lee, Jenny, Screen, Hazel R. C., Scott, Alexander
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10091839/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37046262
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12891-023-06375-0