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

Journal of Orthopaedic Research

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 652-656

  Thornton, G M ^a   Oliynyk, A ^a   Frank, C B ^a   Shrive, N G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; COLLAGEN; LIGAMENTS; STRESS RELAXATION; STRESSES; TESTING; VISCOELASTICITY;

LIGAMENT CREEP; RABBIT MEDIAL COLLATERAL LIGAMENT;

ORTHOPEDICS;

COLLAGEN FIBER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; KNEE LIGAMENT; LOADING TEST; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MECHANICAL STRESS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; VISCOSITY;

EID: 0031229557     PISSN: 07360266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jor.1100150504     Document Type: Article

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