Strain rate effect on the mechanical behavior of the anterior cruciate ligament-bone complex

Medical Engineering and Physics

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 95-100

  Pioletti, D P ^a,b   Rakotomanana, L R ^a,b   Leyvraz, P F ^a  

^a Hopital Orthopedique de la Suisse Romande   (Switzerland)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Quantification of the strain rate effect; Stress strain curves; Supplemental stress

Indexed keywords

BONE; LIGAMENTS; STRAIN RATE; STRESS ANALYSIS;

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENTS; SUPPLEMENTAL STRESS; TRACTION TESTS;

BIOMECHANICS;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; KNEE; MECHANICAL STRESS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP;

ANIMALS; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; BIOMECHANICS; BONE AND BONES; CATTLE; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 0032998286     PISSN: 13504533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1350-4533(99)00028-4     Document Type: Article

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