Fascicle-scale loading and failure behavior of the achilles tendon

Journal of Biomechanical Engineering

Volumn 132, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  Komolafe, Oluseeni A ^a   Doehring, Todd C ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Achilles tendon; Biomechanical properties; Collagen; Collagen fibers; Digital image correlation; Failure; Fascicle; Imaging; Polarized light; Soft tissue

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES TENDONS; BIOMECHANICAL PROPERTIES; COLLAGEN FIBER; DIGITAL IMAGE CORRELATIONS; POLARIZED LIGHT; SOFT TISSUE;

BIOMECHANICS; COLLAGEN; DEFORMATION; DIGITAL IMAGE STORAGE; IMAGE PROCESSING; LIGHT POLARIZATION; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; STRAIN MEASUREMENT;

TENDONS;

ACHILLES TENDON; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BIOMECHANICS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGITAL IMAGING; ELASTICITY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIGHT; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MUSCLE CELL; TENSION; THAWING; PHYSIOLOGY; TENDON;

ACHILLES TENDON; BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; TENDONS;

EID: 77954678884     PISSN: 01480731     EISSN: 15288951     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.4000696     Document Type: Article

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