Human cervical spine ligaments exhibit fully nonlinear viscoelastic behavior

Acta Biomaterialia

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 700-709

  Troyer, Kevin L ^a   Puttlitz, Christian M ^a  

^a Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability   (United States)

Author keywords

Ligament; Linear viscoelasticity; Nonlinear viscoelasticity; Quasi linear viscoelasticity (QLV); Spine

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; DYNAMIC LOADS; LOADING; STRAIN RATE; STRESS ANALYSIS; STRESS RELAXATION;

CERVICAL SPINE; FULLY NONLINEAR; LINEAR VISCOELASTIC; LINEAR VISCOELASTICITY; NON-LINEAR VISCOELASTICITY; NONLINEAR VISCOELASTIC BEHAVIORS; QUASI-LINEAR VISCOELASTICITY; SPINE; STRAIN AMPLITUDE;

VISCOELASTICITY;

ARTICLE; BONE STRESS; CERVICAL SPINE; HUMAN; LIGAMENTUM FLAVUM; MUSCLE RELAXATION; POSTERIOR LONGITUDINAL LIGAMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISCOELASTICITY;

EID: 78650719012     PISSN: 17427061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2010.09.003     Document Type: Article

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