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List of works by Spencer E Szczesny

Altered lumbar spine structure, biochemistry, and biomechanical properties in a canine model of mucopolysaccharidosis type VII.

scientific article published on May 2010

Biaxial Tensile Testing and Constitutive Modeling of Human Supraspinatus Tendon

scientific article published on February 1, 2012

Biaxial mechanics and inter‐lamellar shearing of stem‐cell seeded electrospun angle‐ply laminates for annulus fibrosus tissue engineering

scientific article published on January 17, 2013

Crimped Nanofibrous Biomaterials Mimic Microstructure and Mechanics of Native Tissue and Alter Strain Transfer to Cells.

scientific article published on 8 December 2016

Cross-Linking Chemistry of Tyramine-Modified Hyaluronan Hydrogels Alters Mesenchymal Stem Cell Early Attachment and Behavior

scientific article published in February 2017

DTAF dye concentrations commonly used to measure microscale deformations in biological tissues alter tissue mechanics

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Evidence that interfibrillar load transfer in tendon is supported by small diameter fibrils and not extrafibrillar tissue components.

scientific article published on 10 January 2017

Expansion of mesenchymal stem cells on electrospun scaffolds maintains stemness, mechano-responsivity, and differentiation potential

scientific article published on 13 October 2017

Experimental and computational investigation of altered mechanical properties in myocardium after hydrogel injection.

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Exposure to buffer solution alters tendon hydration and mechanics

scientific article published on 6 July 2017

Fatigue loading of tendon results in collagen kinking and denaturation but does not change local tissue mechanics.

scientific article published on 21 February 2018

Incorporating plasticity of the interfibrillar matrix in shear lag models is necessary to replicate the multiscale mechanics of tendon fascicles.

scientific article published on 16 September 2014

Interfibrillar shear stress is the loading mechanism of collagen fibrils in tendon

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Investigating mechanisms of tendon damage by measuring multi-scale recovery following tensile loading.

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Matching material and cellular timescales maximizes cell spreading on viscoelastic substrates

article published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Mechanical function near defects in an aligned nanofiber composite is preserved by inclusion of disorganized layers: Insight into meniscus structure and function

scientific article published on 31 January 2017

Mechanically Induced Chromatin Condensation Requires Cellular Contractility in Mesenchymal Stem Cells.

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Quantification of Interfibrillar Shear Stress in Aligned Soft Collagenous Tissues via Notch Tension Testing

scientific article published on 15 October 2015

Regional variation in human supraspinatus tendon proteoglycans: decorin, biglycan, and aggrecan.

scientific article published on 13 February 2012

Review of current actuator suitability for use in medical implants.

scientific article published on January 2006

The Nuclear Option: Evidence Implicating the Cell Nucleus in Mechanotransduction

scientific article published on 3 December 2016