A constituent-based model for the nonlinear viscoelastic behavior of ligaments

Journal of Biomechanical Engineering

Volumn 128, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 449-457

  Vena, P ^a   Gastaldi, D ^a   Contro, R ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; Ligament; Nonlinear viscoelasticity; Soft tissues; Time discretization

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; STRAIN CONTROL; TISSUE; VISCOELASTICITY;

MEDIAL COLLATERAL LIGAMENTS (MCL); NONLINEAR VISCOELASTICITY; QUASI-LINEAR VISCOELASTIC THEORY (QLV); SOFT TISSUES; TIME DISCRETIZATION;

LIGAMENTS;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELASTICITY; EXPERIMENTATION; KNEE LIGAMENT; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MODEL; NONHUMAN; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; RABBIT; SOFT TISSUE; STRESS; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; THEORY; VISCOELASTICITY;

ANIMALS; ANISOTROPY; COLLAGEN; ELASTICITY; HUMANS; LIGAMENTS, ARTICULAR; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; STRESS, MECHANICAL; VISCOSITY; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 33745455490     PISSN: 01480731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2187046     Document Type: Article

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