Strain rate dependent properties of younger human cervical spine ligaments

Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials

Volumn 10, Issue , 2012, Pages 216-226

  Mattucci, Stephen F E ^a   Moulton, Jeffrey A ^a   Chandrashekar, Naveen ^a   Cronin, Duane S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cervical spine; Ligament; Mechanical properties; Strain rate; Younger

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOTIVE CRASHES; CAR CRASHES; CERVICAL SPINE; ELONGATION RATES; FAILURE FORCES; FINITE ELEMENT MODELS; FORCE-DISPLACEMENT DATA; GENDER EFFECTS; HIGH STRAIN RATES; IN-VIVO; LOADING RATE; NECK INJURY; NECK MODEL; PHYSIOLOGICAL RANGE; POSTERIOR LONGITUDINAL LIGAMENTS; QUASI-STATIC; STRAIN RATE EFFECT; STRAIN-RATE-DEPENDENT; TENSILE TESTS; YOUNGER;

ACCIDENTS; LIGAMENTS; LOADING; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; TENSILE TESTING;

STRAIN RATE;

ADULT; ANTERIOR LONGITUDINAL LIGAMENT; ARTICLE; CAPSULAR LIGAMENT; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; INTERSPINOUS LIGAMENT; LIGAMENT; LIGAMENTUM FLAVUM; MALE; MECHANICAL TORSION; MUSCULOSKELETAL FUNCTION; POSTERIOR LONGITUDINAL LIGAMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; TENSILE STRENGTH;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGING; BIOMECHANICS; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIGAMENTS; MALE; MATERIALS TESTING; MIDDLE AGED; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TIME FACTORS; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 84859959216     PISSN: 17516161     EISSN: 18780180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2012.02.004     Document Type: Article

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