Ultrastructural response of tendon to excessive level or duration of tensile load supports that collagen fibrils are mechanically continuous.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2019.05.002
Abstract: The basic collagen fibril structure of tendons continues to be debated in the literature. Some studies have proposed that collagen fibrils are longitudinally discontinuous, with the load-bearing ability of tendon dependent on interfibrillar shear strength.… read more here.
Keywords: collagen; load; collagen fibrils; response tendon ... See more keywords