Strain and force transducers used in human and veterinary tendon and ligament biomechanical studies

Clinical Biomechanics

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 433-447

  Ravary, Bérangère ^a   Pourcelot, Philippe ^a   Bortolussi, Claude ^b   Konieczka, Stanislas ^b   Crevier Denoix, Nathalie ^a  

^a ECOLE NATIONALE VÉTÉRINAIRE D ALFORT   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

Force; Ligament; Strain; Tendon; Transducer

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; HALL EFFECT; LIGAMENTS; OPTICAL FIBERS; STRAIN GAGES; TENDONS; TRANSDUCERS;

BUCKLE TRANSDUCERS; FORCE TRANSDUCERS; STRAIN TRANSDUCERS;

BIOMECHANICS;

METAL;

ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; AUTOPSY; BIOMECHANICS; BODY POSTURE; CALCULATION; CALIBRATION; DEVICE; DISSECTION; DYNAMICS; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FIBER OPTICS; FLOW; FORCE; FORCE TRANSDUCER; GESTURE; HEALING; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; IN VIVO STUDY; KINEMATICS; LIGAMENT; LIGHT; LIQUID; LOCOMOTION; MAGNETIC FIELD; MEASUREMENT; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NONHUMAN; PRESSURE TRANSDUCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; STRAIN GAUGE TRANSDUCER; STRESS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TENDON; TRANSDUCER; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

EID: 2942519298     PISSN: 02680033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2004.01.008     Document Type: Article

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