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Article: Connective Tissues: Matrix Composition and Its Relevance to Physical Therapy.
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- Physical Therapy
- Article date:
- March 1, 1999
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CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 1999 American Physical Therapy Association, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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Key Words: Connective tissues, Fibers, Function, Proteoglycans.
[Culav EM, Clark CH, Merrilees MJ. Connective tissues: matrix composition and its relevance to physical therapy. Phys Ther. 1999;79:308-319.]
The purposes of this update are to provide an overview of the composition, structure, and function of the connective tissue (CT) matrix and to illustrate how recent research has contributed to an improved understanding of the ways in which CT responds to mechanical forces. The overview is not exhaustive, but rather seeks to illustrate the complexity of these tissues, tissues once regarded as relatively simple structures within a mechanical system. ...