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Muscles need strong tendons and cartilage to grow bigger, or they'll break.
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Evidence from Studies
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Triphasic 3D In Vitro Model of Bone-Tendon-Muscle Interfaces to Study Their Regeneration
Cross-Sectional Study
In Vitro
2023 Jan 13Researchers created a special 3D model to study how bone, tendon, and muscle connect and heal, which is important for understanding how muscles grow and work properly.
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Stimulation of type II collagen biosynthesis and secretion in bovine chondrocytes cultured with degraded collagen
Cross-Sectional Study
Animal
2003 MarThis study only shows that broken-down collagen can make cartilage cells produce more cartilage collagen — it doesn’t say anything about muscles, tendons, or how they work together during exercise.