Rate-independent characteristics of an arthroscopically implantable force probe in the human achilles tendon

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 203-207

  Hall, Gregory W ^a   Crandall, Jeff R ^a   Carmines, David V ^a   Hale, Joseph E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Calibration; Force; Implant; Tendon; Transducer

Indexed keywords

CADAVERIC EXPERIMENTS; CALIBRATION; COMPRESSIVE STRESS; FORCE MEASUREMENT; IMPLANTS (SURGICAL); SENSORS; STRAIN GAGES; TENDONS; TENSILE STRESS; TRANSDUCERS;

ACHILLES TENDON; IMPLANTABLE FORCE PROBE;

BIOMECHANICS;

ACHILLES TENDON; ARTHROSCOPY; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CALIBRATION; COMPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMPLANTATION; LOADING TEST; MUSCLE FORCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TENSILE STRENGTH; WEIGHT BEARING;

ACHILLES TENDON; ARTHROSCOPY; CALIBRATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TENSILE STRENGTH; TRANSDUCERS, PRESSURE; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 0033080799     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0021-9290(98)00167-5     Document Type: Article

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