A mechanistic study for strain rate sensitivity of rabbit patellar tendon

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 43, Issue 14, 2010, Pages 2785-2791

  Clemmer, John ^a,b   Liao, Jun ^a,b   Davis, Debbie ^a   Horstemeyer, Mark F ^a,b   Williams, Lakiesha N ^a,b  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Collagen fibril; D Period; Fibril recruitment; Tendon microstructure

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN FIBRILS; COLLAGENOUS TISSUES; D-PERIOD; FIBRIL RECRUITMENT; HIERARCHICAL LEVEL; LINEAR REGION; MECHANISTIC STUDIES; MULTIPLE STRAINS; PATELLAR TENDON; STRAIN RATE SENSITIVITY; STRUCTURAL COMPONENT; TENDON MECHANISM; TISSUE REPLACEMENT;

COLLAGEN; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; EMPLOYMENT; MICROSTRUCTURE; TENDONS;

STRAIN RATE;

COLLAGEN FIBRIL;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELASTICITY; MECHANICAL STRESS; NONHUMAN; PATELLA TENDON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; TENDON STRESS; TISSUE STRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; COLLAGEN; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PATELLAR LIGAMENT; RABBITS; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 77958151387     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2010.06.009     Document Type: Article

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