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dc.contributor.authorSmith, David W
dc.contributor.authorRubenson, Jonas
dc.contributor.authorLloyd, David
dc.contributor.authorZheng, Minghao
dc.contributor.authorFernandez, Justin
dc.contributor.authorBesier, Thor
dc.contributor.authorXu, Jiake
dc.contributor.authorGardiner, Bruce S
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T15:56:48Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T15:56:48Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.identifier.issn1939-5094
dc.identifier.doi10.1002/wsbm.1229
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/58590
dc.description.abstractComputational modeling of tendon lags the development of computational models for other tissues. A major bottleneck in the development of realistic computational models for Achilles tendon is the absence of detailed conceptual and theoretical models as to how the tissue actually functions. Without the conceptual models to provide a theoretical framework to guide the development and integration of multiscale computational models, modeling of the Achilles tendon to date has tended to be piecemeal and focused on specific mechanical or biochemical issues. In this paper, we present a new conceptual model of Achilles tendon tissue homeostasis, and discuss this model in terms of existing computational models of tendon. This approach has the benefits of structuring the research on relevant computational modeling to date, while allowing us to identify new computational models requiring development. The critically important functional issue for tendon is that it is continually damaged during use and so has to be repaired. From this follows the centrally important issue of homeostasis of the load carrying collagen fibrils within the collagen fibers of the Achilles tendon. Collagen fibrils may be damaged mechanically-by loading, or damaged biochemically-by proteases. Upon reviewing existing computational models within this conceptual framework of the Achilles tendon structure and function, we demonstrate that a great deal of theoretical and experimental research remains to be done before there are reliably predictive multiscale computational model of Achilles tendon in health and disease.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherJohn Wiley & Sons
dc.publisher.placeUnited States
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom523
dc.relation.ispartofpageto538
dc.relation.ispartofissueSeptember/October
dc.relation.ispartofjournalWiley interdisciplinary reviews. Systems biology and medicine
dc.relation.ispartofvolume5
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchClinical sciences
dc.subject.fieldofresearchSports medicine
dc.subject.fieldofresearchOther health sciences
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode3202
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode320225
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4299
dc.titleA conceptual framework for computational models of Achilles tendon homeostasis Modeling Achilles tendon homeostasis
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.date.issued2015-03-13T04:19:49Z
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorLloyd, David


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