Viscoelastic studies of human subscapularis tendon: Relaxation test and a Wiechert model

Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 29-33

  Machiraju, C ^a   Phan, A V ^a   Pearsall, A W ^b   Madanagopal, S ^b  

^a University of South Alabama   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Stress relaxation; Subscapularis tendon; Viscoelastic properties; Wiechert model

Indexed keywords

FINITE ELEMENT PACKAGE ANSYS; SUBSCAPULARIS TENDON; VISCOELASTIC PROPERTIES; WIECHERT MODEL;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; LIGAMENTS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; STRESS ANALYSIS; STRESS RELAXATION; VISCOELASTICITY;

TENDONS;

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; LIGAMENT; MEMBRANE MODEL; ROTATOR CUFF; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TENDON; VISCOELASTICITY;

ALGORITHMS; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTICITY; HUMANS; LIGAMENTS; MODELS, ANATOMIC; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SOFTWARE; TENDONS; TENSILE STRENGTH; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33745697985     PISSN: 01692607     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cmpb.2006.05.004     Document Type: Article

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