Modeling the tensile behavior of human Achilles tendon

Bio-Medical Materials and Engineering

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 231-244

  Lewis, Gladius ^a   Shaw, Kevin M ^b  

^a University of Memphis   (United States)

^b Yale Hoists   (United States)

Author keywords

Achilles tendon; Composite material; Constitutive relation

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN;

ACHILLES TENDON; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CADAVER; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MECHANICAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; TENSILE STRENGTH;

ACHILLES TENDON; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CADAVER; COLLAGEN; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 0031308039     PISSN: 09592989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/bme-1997-7402     Document Type: Article

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