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Tendons are designed to take tensile load, but excessive load can cause overuse tendinopathy. Overuse tendinopathy results in extensive changes to the cells and extracellular matrix, resulting in ...

We applied swim flume-mediated exercise during zebrafish caudal fin regeneration to explore mechanical loading impacts on a robust model of organ regeneration. Exercise initiated during but not after ...