Quantifying skeletal muscle properties in cadaveric test specimens: Effects of mechanical loading, postmortem time, and freezer storage

Journal of Biomechanical Engineering

Volumn 122, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 9-14

  Van Ee, C A ^a   Chasse, A L ^a   Myers, B S ^a  

^a Duke University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLD STORAGE; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FREEZING; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MUSCLE; STRESS ANALYSIS;

POSTMORTEM PROPERTIES;

CADAVERIC EXPERIMENTS;

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CADAVER; FREEZING; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MECHANICAL STRESS; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; RABBIT; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; THAWING; WORKLOAD;

ANIMALS; CADAVER; CRYOPRESERVATION; ELASTICITY; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; POSTMORTEM CHANGES; RABBITS; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TIME FACTORS; WEIGHT-BEARING;

ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 0034143859     PISSN: 01480731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.429621     Document Type: Article

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