Deformation behavior of the iliotibial tract under different states of fixation

Medical Engineering and Physics

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1221-1227

  Steinke, Hanno ^a   Lingslebe, Uwe ^b   Böhme, Jörg ^a   Slowik, Volker ^b   Shim, Vickie ^c   Hädrich, Carsten ^a   Hammer, Niels ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b LEIPZIG UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Finite elements; Fixation; Formaldehyde; Iliotibial tract; Ligament; Lower extremity; Pelvis; Young's modulus

Indexed keywords

FINITE ELEMENT; ILIOTIBIAL TRACT; LOWER EXTREMITY; PELVIS; YOUNG'S MODULUS;

BIOMECHANICS; BONE; ELASTIC MODULI; ETHANOL; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); JOINTS (ANATOMY); LIGAMENTS; NITROGEN FIXATION; PROBES;

FORMALDEHYDE;

ALCOHOL; FORMALDEHYDE;

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ILIOTIBIAL TRACT; LIGAMENT; MATERIALS TESTING; PLASTINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE FIXATION; YOUNG MODULUS;

ELASTIC MODULUS; ETHANOL; FASCIA LATA; FORMALDEHYDE; HUMANS; MATERIALS TESTING; TISSUE FIXATION;

EID: 84867196861     PISSN: 13504533     EISSN: 18734030     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2011.12.009     Document Type: Article

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