Article
Collagen in tendon, ligament, and bone healing. A current review.
Clinical orthopaedics and related research - 1 Sept 1995
Liu S H, Yang R S, al-Shaikh R, Lane J M
Abstract excerpt
Cells that produce a particular type of collagen under normal physiologic circumstances can be induced by certain local triggers to change the amount and type of collagen synthesized. This has become most apparent during bone, tendon, and ligament healing, where cells that once produced the collagen of normal intact tissue are induced to synthesize different types of collagen at the repair site of injured tissue....
Topics
- Anterior Cruciate Ligament
- Collagen
- Fracture Healing
- Humans
- Ligaments
- Phenotype
- Tendon Injuries
- Wound Healing