The relationships between cyclic fatigue loading, changes in initial mechanical properties, and the in vivo temporal mechanical response of the rat patellar tendon

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 59-65

  Andarawis Puri, Nelly ^a   Sereysky, Jedd B ^a   Jepsen, Karl J ^a   Flatow, Evan L ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cluster analysis; Hysteresis; Non recoverable damage; Stiffness; Tendon fatigue damage

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODEL; APPLIED LOADING; BIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; CONTROL LOADS; CYCLIC FATIGUE LOADING; DAMAGE ACCUMULATION; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS; DIRECT CONTROL; FATIGUE LOADINGS; HYSTERESIS LOSS; IN-VIVO; INDUCED DAMAGE; INITIAL DAMAGE; INITIAL PARAMETER; K-MEANS CLUSTER ANALYSIS; LOAD-DISPLACEMENT CURVE; LOADING AND UNLOADING; LOADING PROTOCOLS; MECHANICAL PARAMETERS; MECHANICAL RESPONSE; NATURAL VARIATION; NON-RECOVERABLE DAMAGE; NUMBER OF CYCLES; OVERUSE INJURY; PATELLAR TENDON; SPRAGUE-DAWLEY RATS; TENDINOPATHY;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; HYSTERESIS; LOADING; RAT CONTROL; RATS; STIFFNESS; TENDONS; UNLOADING;

FATIGUE DAMAGE;

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HYSTERESIS; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; PATELLA TENDON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RIGIDITY;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; CUMULATIVE TRAUMA DISORDERS; FATIGUE; FEMALE; MODELS, ANIMAL; PATELLAR LIGAMENT; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TENDINOPATHY; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 83555176344     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: 18732380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2011.10.008     Document Type: Article

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