Journal of the mechanical behavior of biomedical materials
Associations between age and mechanical properties in skeletally immature human patellar tendons.
Luke T Mattar, Svenja A Höger, Anja M Wackerle, Jayson J Baggett, Armin Runer, Kevin G Shea, Volker Musahl, Richard E Debski
Published: 202610.1016/j.jmbbm.2026.107341
Abstract
The objective was to quantify the mechanical properties of the central region of skeletally immature human patellar tendons and the associations with age. Twenty-six patella-patellar tendon complexes were examined (range 0.1-9.9 years, 17 males, 9 fe…
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