Different regions of bovine deep digital flexor tendon exhibit distinct elastic, but not viscous, mechanical properties under both compression and shear loading

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 47, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 2869-2877

  Fang, Fei ^a   Sawhney, Amrita S ^a   Lake, Spencer P ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Compression; Multiaxial loading; Shear; Stress relaxation; Tendon

Indexed keywords

COMPACTION; ELASTICITY; FUNCTION EVALUATION; MAMMALS; SHEARING; STRESS ANALYSIS; STRESS RELAXATION; TENSILE STRESS; TESTING;

COMPRESSION AND SHEAR; HISTOLOGICAL ANALYSIS; INCREMENTAL STRESS RELAXATION; MULTI-AXIAL LOADINGS; PHYSIOLOGICAL LOADINGS; STRUCTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; STRUCTURE-FUNCTION RELATIONSHIP; VISCOELASTIC RESPONSE;

TENDONS;

COLLAGEN; PROTEOGLYCAN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CATTLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COMPRESSION; DEEP DIGITAL FLEXOR TENDON; ELASTICITY; FLEXOR TENDON; HISTOLOGY; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; SHEAR STRESS; STATISTICAL MODEL; VISCOSITY; ANIMAL; BOVINE; MECHANICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; TENDON;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; COLLAGEN; ELASTICITY; PROTEOGLYCANS; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TENDONS;

EID: 84908060237     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: 18732380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2014.07.026     Document Type: Article

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