Transforming growth factor beta 1 mediates the low-frequency vertical vibration enhanced production of tenomodulin and type I collagen in rat Achilles tendon

• Chia-Hsin Chen,

  Roles Conceptualization, Supervision

  Affiliations Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Faculty of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Orthopaedic Research Center, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

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• Yi-Hsiung Lin,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliations Orthopaedic Research Center, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Department of Physiology, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Graduate Institute of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

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• Chung-Hwan Chen,

  Roles Conceptualization, Supervision

  Affiliations Orthopaedic Research Center, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Department of Orthopaedics, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Department of Orthopedics, Kaohsiung Municipal Ta-Tung Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Division of Adult Reconstruction Surgery, Department of Orthopedics, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8941-4792

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• Yan-Hsiung Wang,

  Roles Investigation, Validation

  Affiliations Orthopaedic Research Center, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, School of Dentistry, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Department of Medical Research, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

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• Ming-Long Yeh,

  Roles Project administration, Software

  Affiliation Department of Biomedical Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, No.1 University Road, Tainan City, Taiwan

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• Tsung-Lin Cheng,

  Roles Methodology, Validation

  Affiliations Orthopaedic Research Center, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Department of Physiology, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Department of Medical Research, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

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• Chau-Zen Wang

  Roles Data curation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: czwang@kmu.edu.tw

  Affiliations Orthopaedic Research Center, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Department of Physiology, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Graduate Institute of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Department of Medical Research, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6393-2188

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