Characterization of the fatigue behavior of the medial collateral ligament utilizing traditional and novel mechanical variables for the assessment of damage accumulation

Journal of Biomechanical Engineering

Volumn 132, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Zec, Michelle L ^a   Thistlethwaite, Paul ^b   Frank, Cyril B ^c   Shrive, Nigel G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Chord stiffness; Collagen fibers; Ligament; Medial collateral ligament; Secant stiffness; Tangent stiffness

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN FIBER; COLLAGEN FIBERS; MEDIAL COLLATERAL LIGAMENTS; SECANT STIFFNESS; TANGENT STIFFNESS;

BIOMECHANICS; COLLAGEN; CREEP; DAMAGE DETECTION; FATIGUE DAMAGE; FATIGUE TESTING; FIBERS; LOADING; LOADS (FORCES); STIFFNESS; TENSILE STRENGTH; TENSILE TESTING;

LIGAMENTS;

COLLAGEN FIBER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FORCE; LIGAMENT; MECHANICAL STRESS; NONHUMAN; RABBIT; RIGIDITY; TENSILE STRENGTH; TENSION; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CUMULATIVE TRAUMA DISORDER; INJURY; KNEE LIGAMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; YOUNG MODULUS;

ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CUMULATIVE TRAUMA DISORDERS; ELASTIC MODULUS; FEMALE; MEDIAL COLLATERAL LIGAMENT, KNEE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RABBITS; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 77955105031     PISSN: 01480731     EISSN: 15288951     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.4000108     Document Type: Article

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