Mechanical properties of spinal nerve roots subjected to tension at different strain rates

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1669-1676

  Singh, Anita ^a   Lu, Ying ^a   Chen, Chaoyang ^a   M Cavanaugh, John ^a  

^a Wayne State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Mechanical properties; Soft tissue injury; Spinal nerve roots; Strain rates; Tension

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; ELASTICITY; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TENSILE PROPERTIES;

SOFT TISSUE INJURY; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS; STRAIN RATES; TENSION;

MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGITAL IMAGING; DYNAMICS; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; EXPERIMENTAL RAT; MEASUREMENT; NERVE ROOT INJURY; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL ROOT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; TENSILE STRENGTH; TENSION; VIDEORECORDING; VISCOELASTICITY; YOUNG MODULUS;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 33744823016     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2005.04.023     Document Type: Article

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