Comparison of mechanical properties of rat tibialis anterior tendon evaluated using two different approaches

Bio-Medical Materials and Engineering

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 13-22

  Wu, John Z ^a   Brumfield, Anne ^a   Miller, Gerald R ^a   Metheny, Rebecca ^a   Cutlip, Robert G ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSIVE STRESS; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DATA REDUCTION; DEFORMATION; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; STIFFNESS; STRAIN; STRESS ANALYSIS; TENDONS;

MOUSE; TENDON DEFORMATION;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; COMPRESSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MECHANICAL STRESS; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RIGIDITY; TENDON; TENDON INJURY; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; ANKLE JOINT; ELASTICITY; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MICROSCOPY, VIDEO; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TENDONS; TENSILE STRENGTH;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0842312239     PISSN: 09592989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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