A drop tower for controlled impact testing of biological tissues

Medical Engineering and Physics

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 525-530

  Burgin, Leanne V ^a   Aspden, Richard M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Articular cartilage; Drop tower; Impact; Mechanical properties; Mechanical testing

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETERS; BIOPSY; DECELERATION; IMPACT TESTING; MECHANICAL TESTING; TISSUE CULTURE; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

ARTICULAR CARTILAGES; DROP TOWER; IMPACT DAMAGE; MORBIDITY;

CARTILAGE;

BIOMATERIAL; RUBBER;

ACCELEROMETER; AGED; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; CARTILAGE BIOPSY; DECELERATION; FEMUR HEAD; FORCE; FORCE TRANSDUCER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGIDITY; STRESS;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; CATTLE; FEMORAL FRACTURES; HUMANS; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 33846225932     PISSN: 13504533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2006.06.002     Document Type: Article

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