Tensile properties and fiber alignment of human supraspinatus tendon in the transverse direction demonstrate inhomogeneity, nonlinearity, and regional isotropy

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 727-732

  Lake, Spencer P ^a   Miller, Kristin S ^a   Elliott, Dawn M ^a   Soslowsky, Louis J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Collagen fiber alignment; Polarized light imaging; Structure function; Supraspinatus tendon; Transverse properties

Indexed keywords

APPLIED LOADS; COLLAGEN FIBER; COMPLEX LOADING; COMPLEX TISSUES; FIBER ALIGNMENT; FIBER DIRECTION; FIBER DISTRIBUTION; IN-VIVO; INHOMOGENEITIES; JOINT SURFACES; MECHANICAL ISOTROPY; MECHANICAL NONLINEARITIES; MULTIAXIAL; MULTIAXIAL LOADS; NON-LINEARITY; POLARIZED LIGHT IMAGING; ROTATOR CUFF; STRESS-STRAIN RESPONSE; STRUCTURE-FUNCTION; STRUCTURE-FUNCTION RELATIONSHIP; SURFACE SAMPLE; TRANSVERSE DIRECTIONS; TRANSVERSE MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; TRANSVERSE MODULUS; TRANSVERSE PROPERTIES; UNIAXIAL TENSIONS;

ALIGNMENT; COLLAGEN; LAKES; LIGHT POLARIZATION; LOAD TESTING; LOADING; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; TENDONS;

FIBERS;

COLLAGEN FIBER; FIBRILLAR COLLAGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTATOR CUFF; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; SUPRASPINATUS MUSCLE TENDON; TENDON; TENSILE STRENGTH; WEIGHT BEARING; YOUNG MODULUS; ANISOTROPY; CADAVER; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; MALE; MECHANICAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PHYSIOLOGY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ADULT; AGED; ANISOTROPY; CADAVER; ELASTIC MODULUS; FEMALE; FIBRILLAR COLLAGENS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; ROTATOR CUFF; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TENDONS; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 77952502001     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: 18732380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2009.10.017     Document Type: Article

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