Prof Hazel Screen
BEng MRes PhD(Lond) CEng, FIMechE, MIPEM

 

Publications

  • Engineering growth factor gradients to drive spatiotemporal tissue patterning in organ-on-a-chip systems
    Journal of Tissue Engineering (2025)
    DOI: 10.1177/20417314251326256
  • TENDON HEALTH AND DISEASE: EXPLORING THE INTERFASCICULAR NICHE
    Orthopaedic Proceedings (2024)
    DOI: 10.1302/1358-992x.2024.2.105
  • Human vascularised synovium-on-a-chip: a mechanically stimulated, microfluidic model to investigate synovial inflammation and monocyte recruitment
    Biomedical Materials (2023)
    DOI: 10.1088/1748-605x/acf976
  • Guidelines for ex vivo mechanical testing of tendon
    Journal of Orthopaedic Research® (2023)
    DOI: 10.1002/jor.25647
  • The Interfascicular Matrix of Energy Storing Tendons Houses Heterogenous Cell Populations Disproportionately Affected by Aging.
    Aging and Disease
    DOI: 10.14336/AD.2023.0425-1
  • Ultrasound Measurement of Local Deformation in the Human Free Achilles Tendon Produced by Dynamic Muscle-Induced Loading: A Systematic Review.
    Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology
    DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2023.03.014
  • Mild hypercholesterolemia impacts achilles sub-tendon mechanical properties in young rats
    BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders
    DOI: 10.1186/s12891-023-06375-0
  • Development and application of a novel in vivo overload model of the Achilles tendon in rat
    Journal of Biomechanics (2023)
    DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2023.111546
  • Self-reported bio-psycho-social factors partially distinguish patellar tendinopathy from other knee problems and explain patellar tendinopathy severity in jumping athletes: A case-control study
    Physical Therapy in Sport
    DOI: 10.1016/j.ptsp.2023.02.009
  • The impact of mild hypercholesterolemia on injury repair in the rat patellar tendon.
    Journal of Orthopaedic Research
    DOI: 10.1002/jor.25546
  • Organ-on-a-Chip and Microfluidic Platforms for Oncology in the UK
    Cancers (2023)
    DOI: 10.3390/cancers15030635
  • Organ-on-a-chip: current gaps and future directions
    Biochemical Society Transactions
    DOI: 10.1042/BST20200661
  • Self-reported bio-psycho-social factors partially distinguish patellar tendinopathy from other knee problems and explain severity in jumping athletes: A case–control study
    Physiotherapy
    DOI: 10.1016/j.physio.2021.12.052
  • Outcome predictors for recovery of patellar tendinopathy in jumping athletes: an international prospective cohort study
    BMJ Open
    DOI: 10.1136/bmjsem-2022-sportskongres.9
  • TENDON STRUCTURE FUNCTION RELATIONSHIPS: INJURY AND THE INTERFASCICULAR MATRIX
    TISSUE ENGINEERING PART A
  • Are Landing Patterns in Jumping Athletes Associated with Patellar Tendinopathy? A Systematic Review with Evidence Gap Map and Meta-analysis
    Sports Medicine (2021)
    DOI: 10.1007/s40279-021-01550-6
  • The effects of cholesterol accumulation on Achilles tendon biomechanics: A cross-sectional study
    PLOS ONE (2021)
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0257269
  • Can Achilles tendon xanthoma be distinguished from Achilles tendinopathy using Dixon method MRI? A cross-sectional exploratory study
    BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders (2021)
    DOI: 10.1186/s12891-021-04494-0
  • Structure-function specialisation of the interfascicular matrix in the human achilles tendon
    Acta Biomaterialia (2021)
    DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2021.07.019
  • The Impact of Hypercholesterolemia on Tendon Injury Repair
    The FASEB Journal (2021)
    DOI: 10.1096/fasebj.2021.35.s1.02060
  • Elastase treatment of tendon specifically impacts the mechanical properties of the interfascicular matrix
    Acta Biomaterialia (2021)
    DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2021.01.030
  • 8 Computational modelling of muscle, tendon, and ligaments biomechanics
    DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-819531-4.00008-0
  • Postnatal mechanical loading drives adaptation of tissues primarily through modulation of the non-collagenous matrix
    eLife
    DOI: 10.7554/eLife.58075
  • Force Transmission Between the Gastrocnemius and Soleus Sub-Tendons of the Achilles Tendon in Rat
    Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology
    DOI: 10.3389/fbioe.2020.00700
  • Patellar tendinopathy outcome predictors in jumping athletes: feasibility of measures for a cohort study
    Physical Therapy in Sport (2020)
    DOI: 10.1016/j.ptsp.2020.05.004
  • A Recruitment Model of Tendon Viscoelasticity That Incorporates Fibril Creep and Explains Strain-Dependent Relaxation.
    Journal of Biomechanical Engineering (2020)
    DOI: 10.1115/1.4045662
  • An in vitro investigation into the effects of 10Hz cyclic loading on tenocyte metabolism
    Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports
    DOI: 10.1111/sms.13465
  • Insights into the micromechanics of stress-relaxation and creep behaviours in the aortic valve.
    J Mech Behav Biomed Mater
    DOI: 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2019.02.011
  • Novel glycopolymer-based biomaterials for tissue engineering
    ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY
  • Guided Cell Attachment via Aligned Electrospinning of Glycopolymers
    Macromolecular Bioscience
    DOI: 10.1002/mabi.201800293
  • Magnetic resonance elastography in nonlinear viscoelastic materials under load
    Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology (2018)
    DOI: 10.1007/s10237-018-1072-1
  • Postnatal Development of the Functional Specialization of the Equine Superficial Digital Flexor Tendon
    Veterinary and Comparative Orthopaedics and Traumatology (2018)
    DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1668213
  • Mechanical loading induces primary cilia disassembly in tendon cells via TGFβ and HDAC6
    Scientific Reports (2018)
    DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-29502-7
  • Tendon pathology: Have we missed the first step in the development of pathology?
    J Appl Physiol (1985)
    DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00002.2018
  • Effects of cell adhesion motif, fiber stiffness, and cyclic strain on tenocyte gene expression in a tendon mimetic fiber composite hydrogel
    Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications
    DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2018.03.203
  • Pre- and post-natal development of the tendon inter-fascicular matrix and fascicles in the equine superficial digital flexor tendon and common digital extensor tendon
    Osteoarthritis and Cartilage
    DOI: 10.1016/j.joca.2018.02.783
  • Structure and collagen crimp patterns of functionally distinct equine tendons, revealed by quantitative polarised light microscopy (qPLM)
    Acta Biomaterialia
    DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2018.01.034
  • Elastin is Localised to the Interfascicular Matrix of Energy Storing Tendons and Becomes Increasingly Disorganised With Ageing
    Scientific Reports
    DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-09995-4
  • The relative compliance of energy-storing tendons may be due to the helical fibril arrangement of their fascicles
    Journal of the Royal Society Interface
    DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2017.0261
  • Fascicles and the interfascicular matrix show decreased fatigue life with ageing in energy storing tendons
    Acta Biomaterialia
    DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2017.03.024
  • A2B-Miktoarm Glycopolymer Fibers and Their Interactions with Tenocytes
    Bioconjugate Chemistry
    DOI: 10.1021/acs.bioconjchem.7b00279
  • Novel models of late onset, progressive osteoarthritis caused by point mutations in the two alpha chains of collagen type I
    Osteoarthritis and Cartilage
    DOI: 10.1016/j.joca.2017.02.101
  • Recapitulating the Micromechanical Behavior of Tension and Shear in a Biomimetic Hydrogel for Controlling Tenocyte Response
    Advanced Healthcare Materials
    DOI: 10.1002/adhm.201601095
  • Development of a two-stage gene selection method that incorporates a novel hybrid approach using the cuckoo optimization algorithm and harmony search for cancer classification
    Journal of Biomedical Informatics
    DOI: 10.1016/j.jbi.2017.01.016
  • A transverse isotropic viscoelastic constitutive model for aortic valve tissue
    Royal Society Open Science
    DOI: 10.1098/rsos.160585
  • Cyclic loading leads to primary cilia disassembly in human tenocytes
    INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PATHOLOGY
  • Do the sub-bundles within the Achilles tendon originating from distinct muscle bellies differ in structural and mechanical properties?
    INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PATHOLOGY
  • Structural Building Blocks of Soft Tissues: Tendons and Heart Valves (2016)
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-45071-1_1
  • Fascicles and the interfascicular matrix show adaptation for fatigue resistance in energy storing tendons
    Acta Biomaterialia
    DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2016.06.012
  • Nomenclature of the tendon hierarchy: An overview of inconsistent terminology and a proposed size-based naming scheme with terminology for multi-muscle tendons
    Journal of Biomechanics
    DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2016.06.028
  • The use of medical infrared thermography in the detection of tendinopathy: a systematic review
    Physical Therapy Reviews (2016)
    DOI: 10.1080/10833196.2016.1223575
  • Tendon Structure and Composition
    Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology (2016)
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-33943-6_1
  • The effect of gradations in mineral content, matrix alignment, and applied strain on human mesenchymal stem cell morphology within collagen biomaterials
    Advanced healthcare materials
    DOI: 10.1002/adhm.201600181
  • Distribution of proteins within different compartments of tendon varies according to tendon type
    Journal of Anatomy (2016)
    DOI: 10.1111/joa.12485
  • Zonal variation in primary cilia elongation correlates with localized biomechanical degradation in stress deprived tendon.
    J Orthop Res
    DOI: 10.1002/jor.23229
  • Anatomical heterogeneity of tendon: Fascicular and interfascicular tendon compartments have distinct proteomic composition
    Scientific Reports (2016)
    DOI: 10.1038/srep20455
  • Elastin is more abundant in energy storing tendons and is localised to the tendon interfascicular matrix
    INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PATHOLOGY
  • Energy storing and positional human tendons: mechanics and changes with ageing
    INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PATHOLOGY
  • In vivo biological response to extracorporeal shockwave therapy in human tendinopathy
    eCells & Materials (2015)
    DOI: 10.22203/ecm.v029a20
  • Tendon Functional Extracellular Matrix
    Journal of Orthopaedic Research® (2015)
    DOI: 10.1002/jor.22818
  • Tendon extracellular matrix damage, degradation and inflammation in response to in vitro overload exercise
    Journal of Orthopaedic Research® (2015)
    DOI: 10.1002/jor.22879
  • The interfascicular matrix enables fascicle sliding and recovery in tendon, and behaves more elastically in energy storing tendons
    Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials (2015)
    DOI: 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2015.04.009
  • Eccentric and Concentric Exercise of the Triceps Surae: An in Vivo Study of Dynamic Muscle and Tendon Biomechanical Parameters
    Journal of Applied Biomechanics
    DOI: 10.1123/jab.2013-0284
  • Eccentric and Concentric Exercise of the Triceps Surae: An in Vivo Study of Dynamic Muscle and Tendon Biomechanical Parameters.
    J Appl Biomech
    DOI: 10.1123/JAB.2013-0284
  • Eccentric and concentric exercise of the triceps surae: an in vivo study of dynamic muscle and tendon biomechanical parameters.
    J Appl Biomech
    DOI: 10.1123/JAB.2013-0284
  • The effectiveness of extracorporeal shock wave therapy in lower limb tendinopathy: a systematic review.
    Am J Sports Med
    DOI: 10.1177/0363546514531911
  • Science in brief: Recent advances into understanding tendon function and injury risk
    Equine Veterinary Journal (2015)
    DOI: 10.1111/evj.12346
  • Cancer classification using a novel gene selection approach by meansof shuffling based on data clustering with optimization
    Applied Soft Computing
    DOI: 10.1016/j.asoc.2015.06.015
  • Chapter 1 Tendon Physiology and Mechanical Behavior Structure–Function Relationships
    DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-801590-2.00001-6
  • Tendon Physiology and Mechanical Behavior: Structure-Function Relationships
    DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-801590-2.00001-6
  • Tendon overload results in alterations in cell shape and increased markers of inflammation and matrix degradation
    Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports (2014)
    DOI: 10.1111/sms.12333
  • Early stage fatigue damage occurs in bovine tendon fascicles in the absence of changes in mechanics at either the gross or micro-structural level.
    J Mech Behav Biomed Mater
    DOI: 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2014.06.005
  • Proteomic analysis reveals age-related changes in tendon matrix composition, with age- and injury-specific matrix fragmentation.
    J Biol Chem
    DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M114.566554
  • 104 Characterisation Of The Proteome Of The Tendon Interfascicular Matrix
    British Journal of Sports Medicine (2014)
    DOI: 10.1136/bjsports-2014-094114.103
  • 78 Human Tenocyte Metabolism Under Pathological And Physiological Loading Conditions
    British Journal of Sports Medicine (2014)
    DOI: 10.1136/bjsports-2014-094114.77
  • 89 Primary Cilia In Tenocytes From The Inter-fascicular Matrix And The Fascicular Matrix
    British Journal of Sports Medicine (2014)
    DOI: 10.1136/bjsports-2014-094114.88
  • 98 Early Inflammatory Response Of Tenocytes To Overload
    British Journal of Sports Medicine (2014)
    DOI: 10.1136/bjsports-2014-094114.97
  • Achillessehnentendinopathie
    Sportphysio (2014)
    DOI: 10.1055/s-0034-1387914
  • Effect of fatigue loading on structure and functional behaviour of fascicles from energy-storing tendons.
    Acta Biomater
    DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2014.04.008
  • The effects of extracorporeal shockwave therapy on matrix metalloprotease activity in tendinopathy (1046.8)
    The FASEB Journal (2014)
    DOI: 10.1096/fasebj.28.1_supplement.1046.8
  • Fascicles from energy-storing tendons show an age-specific response to cyclic fatigue loading
    Journal of the Royal Society Interface
    DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2013.1058
  • Effect of Fatigue Loading on Tendon Fascicle Extension Mechanisms (2014)
    DOI: 10.1115/sbc2013-14009
  • Energy Storing and Positional Tendon Fascicles Exhibit Different Fatigue Behaviour (2014)
    DOI: 10.1115/sbc2013-14018
  • Advances in the understanding of tendinopathies: A report on the Second Havemeyer Workshop on equine tendon disease
    EQUINE VETERINARY JOURNAL
    DOI: 10.1111/evj.12128
  • Fatigue loading causes a reduction in the ability of tendon fascicles to recoil
    INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PATHOLOGY
  • Functionally distinct tendon fascicles exhibit different creep and stress relaxation behaviour.
    Proc Inst Mech Eng H
    DOI: 10.1177/0954411913509977
  • Matrix damage as a result of cyclic creep loading occurs in the absence of changes in tendon mechanics at either the gross or micro-structural level
    INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PATHOLOGY
  • Fatigue loading of tendon.
    Int J Exp Pathol
    DOI: 10.1111/iep.12037
  • Helical sub-structures in energy-storing tendons provide a possible mechanism for efficient energy storage and return.
    Acta Biomater
    DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2013.05.004
  • The role of the non-collagenous matrix in tendon function.
    Int J Exp Pathol
    DOI: 10.1111/iep.12027
  • GAG depletion increases the stress-relaxation response of tendon fascicles, but does not influence recovery.
    Acta Biomater
    DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2013.02.028
  • Response to letter to the editor: "End effects in mechanical testing of biomaterials"
    Journal of Biomechanics
    DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2012.12.020
  • Cyclic loading of tendon fascicles using a novel fatigue loading system increases interleukin-6 expression by tenocytes
    Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0838.2011.01410.x
  • Capacity for sliding between tendon fascicles decreases with ageing in injury prone equine tendons: a possible mechanism for age-related tendinopathy?
    Eur Cell Mater
    DOI: 10.22203/ecm.v025a04
  • Helical fascicles in energy storing tendons: a mechanism for efficient recoil?
    INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PATHOLOGY
  • Helical sub-structures in energy-storing tendons provide a possible mechanism for efficient energy storage and return
    Acta Biomaterialia
    DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2013.05.004
  • Microstructural stress relaxation mechanics in functionally different tendons
    Medical Engineering and Physics
    DOI: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2012.04.004
  • Response to letter to the editor: "End effects in mechanical testing of biomaterials"
    Journal of Biomechanics
    DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2012.12.020
  • The effects of extracorporeal shock wave therapy (ESWT) on type I collagen synthesis in the Achilles tendon: an intervention study on healthy participants
    INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PATHOLOGY
  • The fatigue behaviour of functionally distinct bovine tendons
    INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PATHOLOGY