Nonlinear viscoelasticty plays an essential role in the functional behavior of spinal ligaments

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 684-691

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

^a Department of Mechanical Engineering   (United States)

^b Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

Constitutive equation; Ligament; Prony series; Stress relaxation; Viscoelasticity

Indexed keywords

CERVICAL SPINE; CHARACTERIZATION TECHNIQUES; COMPLEX BEHAVIOR; CONSTITUTIVE FORMULATION; CYCLIC DATA; FITTING TECHNIQUES; FUNCTIONAL ADAPTATION; FUNCTIONAL BEHAVIORS; NONLINEAR VISCO-ELASTIC; POSTERIOR LONGITUDINAL LIGAMENTS; PREDICTIVE ACCURACY; PRONY SERIES; QUASI-LINEAR; QUASI-STATIC; RELAXATION BEHAVIORS; STRAIN AMPLITUDE; STRAIN-DEPENDENT; STRUCTURAL STABILITIES; TEMPORAL BEHAVIOR; TRANSIENT LOADING; VISCOELASTIC BEHAVIORS;

BIOMECHANICS; CONSTITUTIVE EQUATIONS; ELASTICITY; LIGAMENTS; STABILITY; STRESS RELAXATION;

VISCOELASTICITY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CADAVER; CERVICAL SPINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIGAMENT; LIGAMENTUM FLAVUM; MALE; POSTERIOR LONGITUDINAL LIGAMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAXATION TIME; STEADY STATE; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; VISCOELASTICITY;

AGED; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIGAMENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 84856735497     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: 18732380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2011.12.009     Document Type: Article

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