Gail M. Thornton

Ligament creep cannot be predicted from stress relaxation at low stress: A biomechanical study of the rabbit medial collateral ligament

Gail M. Thornton, Anton O. Oliynyk, C. B. Frank et al. · Journal of Orthopaedic Research® · 1997 · 133 citations

Natural Sciences, Bioengineering, Orthopaedic Surgery +17

Ligament creep recruits fibres at low stresses and can lead to modulus‐reducing fibre damage at higher creep stresses: a study in rabbit medial collateral ligament model

Gail M. Thornton, Nigel G. Shrive, C. B. Frank · Journal of Orthopaedic Research® · 2002 · 119 citations · Full text

Natural Sciences, Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopedic Surgery +17

Altering ligament water content affects ligament pre‐stress and creep behavior

Gail M. Thornton, Nigel G. Shrive, Cy Frank · Journal of Orthopaedic Research® · 2001 · 107 citations · Full text

Natural Sciences, Bioengineering, Biomedical Engineering +16

Local Anesthetics Induce Chondrocyte Death in Bovine Articular Cartilage Disks in a Dose‐ and Duration‐Dependent Manner

Ian K.Y. Lo, Paul Sciore, May Chung et al. · Arthroscopy The Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery · 2009 · 104 citations

Veterinary Medicine, Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopedic Surgery +12

Changes in mechanical loading lead to tendonspecific alterations in MMP and TIMP expression: influence of stress deprivation and intermittent cyclic hydrostatic compression on rat supraspinatus and Achilles tendons

Gail M. Thornton, Xiaoqing Shao, May Chung et al. · British Journal of Sports Medicine · 2008 · 85 citations

Medicine, Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopedic Surgery +16