Molecular Parameters Indicating Adaptation to Mechanical Stress in Fibrous Connective Tissue

• Main Authors: Milz, Stefan (Author), Benjamin, Michael (Author), Putz, Reinhard (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2005.
• Series: Advances in Anatomy Embryology and Cell Biology, 178
• Subjects: Medicine.; Biomedicine.; Biomedicine general.

The present study pursues the hypothesis that local compressive force and the occurrence of cartilage-specific transformation processes within tendons and ligaments are directly correlated. In selected anatomical samples of human origin the distribution pattern of certain components of the extracell...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction: Preliminary remarks; Adaptation of connective and supportive tissues to their respective functions; Parameters of functional adaptation
• Study aim: Fundamental considerations; Structure of the present study; Questions
• Anatomical structures investigated: Extensor tendons of the toes in the region of the proximal interphalangeal joint (PIP); Extensor tendons of the hand in the region of the MCP joint; The transverse ligament of the atlas; The transverse ligament of the acetabulum; Tendon and trochlea of the superior oblique muscle
• Materials and methods: Materials; Methodology of the immunohistochemical investigation
• Results: Extensor tendons of the toes; Extensor tendons of the hand in the region of the MCP joint; The transverse ligament of the atlas
• Discussion: Discussion of the method; Discussion of the present study's structure; Discussion of results; Conclusions
• Summary
• Bibliography
• Subject Index.