... at sites of fascial, tendinous and ligamentous insertion (Frost, 1979). cartilage mechanobiology limbs chondrogenesis joints mammals plasticity © 2012. 2012 28 12 2011 Author for correspondence ([email protected]) Chondral modeling theory predicts that growing...

... of bone to mechanical load, as described in Wolff's law, the mechanobiological relationship between the local mechanical environment and tissue differentiation influences everything from tissue type and molecular architecture to the formation of complex joints. This study tests the hypothesis...