In vivo tendon forces correlate with activity level and remain bounded: Evidence in a rabbit flexor tendon model

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 31, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1043-1049

  Malaviya, P ^a   Butler, D L ^a   Korvick, D L ^a   Proch, F S ^a  

^a University of Cincinnati   (United States)

Author keywords

Activity level; Factor of safety; Flexor tendon; Force transducer; In vivo force

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; JOINTS (ANATOMY); LIGAMENTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; STRESS ANALYSIS; TENDONS; TENSILE STRESS; TRANSDUCERS;

FLEXOR TENDONS; FORCE TRANSDUCERS;

BIOMECHANICS;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; FLEXOR TENDON; FORCE; FORCE TRANSDUCER; MODEL; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; HINDLIMB; LOCOMOTION; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RABBITS; TENDONS; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 0032212081     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0021-9290(98)00123-7     Document Type: Article

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