The relationships between cyclic fatigue loading, changes in initial mechanical properties, and the in vivo temporal mechanical response of the rat patellar tendon

被引:31
作者
Andarawis-Puri, Nelly [1 ]
Sereysky, Jedd B. [1 ]
Jepsen, Karl J. [1 ]
Flatow, Evan L. [1 ]
机构
[1] Mt Sinai Sch Med, Leni & Peter W May Dept Orthopaed Surg, New York, NY 10029 USA
基金
美国国家卫生研究院;
关键词
Tendon fatigue damage; Non-recoverable damage; Hysteresis; Stiffness; Cluster analysis; ACHILLES TENDONS; RUPTURE; DAMAGE; MODEL;
D O I
10.1016/j.jbiomech.2011.10.008
中图分类号
Q6 [生物物理学];
学科分类号
071011 ;
摘要
Damage accumulation underlies tendinopathy. Animal models of overuse injuries do not typically control loads applied to the tendon. Our in vivo model in the rat patellar tendon allows direct control of the loading applied to the tendon. Despite this advantage, natural variation among tendons results in different amounts of damage induced by the same loading protocol. Our objectives were to (1) assess changes in the initial mechanical parameters (hysteresis, stiffness of the loading and unloading load-displacement curves, and elongation) after fatigue loading to identify parameters that are indicative of the induced damage, and (2) evaluate the relationships between these identified initial damage indices with the stiffness 7 day after loading. Left patellar tendons of adult, female retired breeder. Sprague-Dawley rats (n=68) were fatigue loaded per our previously published in vivo fatigue loading protocol. To induce a range of damage, fatigue loading consisted of either 5, 100, 500 or 7200 cycles that ranged from 1 N to 40 N. Diagnostic tests were applied before and immediately after fatigue loading, and after 45 min of recovery to deduce recoverable and non-recoverable changes in initial damage indices. Relationships between these initial damage indices and the 7-day stiffness (at sacrifice) were determined. Day-0 hysteresis, loading and unloading stiffness exhibited cycle-dependent changes. Initial hysteresis loss correlated with the 7-day stiffness. k-means cluster analysis demonstrated a relationship between 7-day stiffness and day-0 hysteresis and unloading stiffness. This analysis also separated samples that exhibited low from high damage in response to both high or low number of cycles; a key delineation for interpretation of the biological response in future studies. Identifying initial parameters that reflect the induced damage is critical since the ability of the tendon to repair depends on the damage induced and the number of applied loading cycles. (C) 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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