High-speed subfailure stretch of rabbit anterior cruciate ligament: Changes in elastic, failure and viscoelastic characteristics

Clinical Biomechanics

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 334-340

  Panjabi, Manohar M ^a   Courtney, Thomas W ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterior cruciate ligament; Incomplete injury; Knee injury; Ligament biomechanics; Ligament subfailure stretch

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; ELASTICITY; LIGAMENTS; VISCOELASTICITY;

HIGH-SPEED SUBFAILURE STRETCHES;

BIOMECHANICS;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFORMITY; ELASTICITY; ENERGY ABSORPTION; FEMUR; LIGAMENT INJURY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; RIGIDITY; TIBIA; VISCOELASTICITY;

ANIMALS; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ELASTICITY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; RABBITS; STRESS, MECHANICAL; VISCOSITY;

EID: 0034999545     PISSN: 02680033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0268-0033(01)00007-9     Document Type: Article

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