Corticosteroids reduce the tensile strength of isolated collagen fascicles

Bjarki Thor Haraldsson; Henning Langberg; Per Aagaard; Anne-Marie Zuurmond; Benno van El; Jeroen Degroot; Michael Kjaer; S Peter Magnusson

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Corticosteroids reduce the tensile strength of isolated collagen fascicles

Bjarki Thor Haraldsson, Henning Langberg, Per Aagaard, Anne-Marie Zuurmond, Benno van El, Jeroen Degroot, Michael Kjaer, S Peter Magnusson

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Abstract

Overuse tendon injuries are frequent. Corticosteroid injections are commonly used as treatment, although their direct effects on the material properties of the tendon are poorly understood.

Original language	English
Journal	American Journal of Sports Medicine
Volume	34
Issue number	12
Pages (from-to)	1992-7
Number of pages	6
ISSN	0363-5465
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/0363546506290402
Publication status	Published - 2006

Keywords

Animals
Collagen
Glucocorticoids
Male
Methylprednisolone
Rats
Tendon Injuries
Tensile Strength

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Corticosteroids reduce the tensile strength of isolated collagen fascicles

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