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SUMMARY:Understanding age-related changes in tendon: a pathway to maintain
 ing health into old age - Professor Helen Birch\, University College Londo
 n\, Stanmore Campus\, London\, United Kingdom
DTSTART:20170222T140000Z
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CONTACT:Ilana Spilka
DESCRIPTION:The recognition that the promotion of physical activity has on
 e of the greatest potentials to achieve gains in health in older age highl
 ights the importance of musculoskeletal fitness. However tendons\, a key c
 omponent of the musculoskeletal system\, are particularly susceptible to a
 ge-related tendon dysfunction and disease.\nOur research has focused on un
 derstanding the mechanisms of age-related functional decline in tendon. Th
 is presentation will cover age-related changes to the mechanical propertie
 s of tendon and tendon sub-structures\, changes to cell metabolism and the
  formation of advanced glycation end-product (AGE) crosslinks within the e
 xtracellular matrix of tendon.\n
LOCATION:Online
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