Fatigue is more damaging than creep in ligament revealed by modulus reduction and residual strength

Annals of Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1713-1721

  Thornton, Gail M ^a,b   Schwab, Timothy D ^b   Oxland, Thomas R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Creep; Damage; Fatigue; Ligament; Modulus reduction

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKERS; CREEP; JOINTS (ANATOMY); RESIDUAL STRESSES; STRAIN; TENSILE STRENGTH;

MODULUS REDUCTION; MONOTONIC FAILURE TEST; RESIDUAL STRENGTH;

LIGAMENTS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; IN VITRO STUDY; INJURY; KNEE LIGAMENT; MECHANICAL STRESS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RABBIT; TENSILE STRENGTH; VISCOSITY;

ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; MEDIAL COLLATERAL LIGAMENT, KNEE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RABBITS; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TENSILE STRENGTH; VISCOSITY;

EID: 34548844204     PISSN: 00906964     EISSN: 15739686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10439-007-9349-z     Document Type: Article

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