Investigation of the biomechanical behaviour of hindfoot ligaments

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part H: Journal of Engineering in Medicine

Volumn 227, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 683-692

  Forestiero, Antonella ^a   Carniel, Emanuele L ^a   Venturato, Chiara ^a   Natali, Arturo N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ankle ligaments; Constitutive model; Foot mechanics; Numerical analysis

Indexed keywords

ANKLE LIGAMENTS; EXPERIMENTAL APPROACHES; GEOMETRIC NON-LINEARITY; MECHANICAL CHARACTERIZATIONS; MORPHOMETRIC MEASUREMENTS; NONLINEAR ELASTICITY; STRUCTURAL CONFIGURATIONS; TIME DEPENDENT PHENOMENA; GEOMETRICAL ANALYSIS;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSTITUTIVE MODELS; JOINTS (ANATOMY); MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODELS; TISSUE; ELASTICITY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

TISSUE ENGINEERING; NUMERICAL MODELS;

ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; ANISOTROPY; ANKLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMAN; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; LIGAMENT; MECHANICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; TENSILE STRENGTH; YOUNG MODULUS;

ANIMALS; ANISOTROPY; ANKLE JOINT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTIC MODULUS; HUMANS; LIGAMENTS, ARTICULAR; MODELS, ANATOMIC; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 84884548743     PISSN: 09544119     EISSN: 20413033     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0954411913481172     Document Type: Article

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