Microstructural stress relaxation mechanics in functionally different tendons

Medical Engineering and Physics

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 96-102

  Screen, H R C ^a   Toorani, S ^a   Shelton, J C ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Confocal microscopy; Energy storage tendon; Micromechanics; Time dependent; Viscoelasticity

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN FIBRES; COMPOSITIONAL DIFFERENCE; FLEXOR TENDON; HIGH STRESS; IN-VIVO; LOADING CONDITION; LOW LOAD; LOW STRAINS; LOW STRESS; LOWER STRESS; MECHANICAL BEHAVIOUR; MICRO-STRUCTURAL; OPTIMISATIONS; REORGANISATION; REPAIR SOLUTION; STRUCTURE-FUNCTION RELATIONSHIP; TIME DEPENDENT;

CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; ENERGY STORAGE; LOADING; MICROMECHANICS; STRESS RELAXATION; VISCOELASTICITY;

TENDONS;

COLLAGEN FIBER; COLLAGEN FIBRIL;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOENERGY; BIOMECHANICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTENSOR TENDON FASCICLE; FLEXOR TENDON FASCICLE; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEAR STRESS; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; TENDON STRESS; TISSUE STRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; COLLAGEN; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; MATERIALS TESTING; STRESS, MECHANICAL; SWINE; TENDONS; TIME FACTORS; VISCOSITY;

EID: 84871504801     PISSN: 13504533     EISSN: 18734030     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2012.04.004     Document Type: Article

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