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. 2010 Jun;29(3):155-66.
doi: 10.1016/j.main.2010.04.002. Epub 2010 Apr 24.

The role and mechanical behavior of the connective tissue in tendon sliding

J-C Guimberteau  1 , J-P Delage, J Wong
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The role and mechanical behavior of the connective tissue in tendon sliding

J-C Guimberteau et al. Chir Main. 2010 Jun.

Abstract

After carrying out 215 in-vivo dissections, 65 of which were video-recorded, the authors propose that the current representation of the notion of the tendon sliding is incorrect. It is suggested that tendon sliding is explained by the existence of a mechanical adaptable multimicrovacuolar and fibrillar tissue. This tissue enables complete sliding without any dynamic influence on the surrounding tissues. The new theory is based on a polyhedric fibrillar framework, apparently chaotic and complex, subtending the microvacuolar gel, a concept that is to be found everywhere in the human body.

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