Biomechanical effects of stress shielding of the rabbit patellar tendon depend on the degree of stress reduction

Journal of Orthopaedic Research

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 377-383

  Majima, T ^a   Yasuda, K ^a   Fujii, T ^a   Yamamoto, N ^a   Hayashi, K ^a   Kaneda, K ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; LIGAMENTS; ORTHOPEDICS; POLYESTERS; STRESSES; SURGERY; TENSILE STRENGTH; TENSILE TESTING;

PATELLA PATELLAR TENDON TIBIA COMPLEXES; PATELLAR TENDON; STRESS REDUCTION; STRESS SHIELDING;

TENDONS;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE STRESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; NONHUMAN; PATELLA TENDON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; TENSILE STRENGTH; TIBIA; YOUNG MODULUS;

EID: 0030152314     PISSN: 07360266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jor.1100140306     Document Type: Article

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