TY - GEN
T1 - The influence of age on the tensile properties of the porcine collateral knee ligaments
AU - Jolandan, Majid Minary
AU - Van Dommelen, J. A.W.
AU - Ivarsson, B. Johan
AU - Darvish, Kurosh
AU - Crandall, Jeff R.
PY - 2005
Y1 - 2005
N2 - The influence of age on the tensile properties of the porcine collateral knee ligaments for 14 to 162 day-old animals was investigated. The geometrical, structural, and material properties of the ligaments were quantified in distraction loading to failure using bone-ligament-bone (BLB) specimens. The geometrical and structural properties increased significantly with age, whereas the material properties increased weakly with specimen age up to a certain age (approximately 90 days for MCL and 60 days for LCL) and then decreased with age. In general, age had a stronger influence on the properties of the medial collateral ligament (MCL) than on the properties of the lateral collateral ligaments (LCL).
AB - The influence of age on the tensile properties of the porcine collateral knee ligaments for 14 to 162 day-old animals was investigated. The geometrical, structural, and material properties of the ligaments were quantified in distraction loading to failure using bone-ligament-bone (BLB) specimens. The geometrical and structural properties increased significantly with age, whereas the material properties increased weakly with specimen age up to a certain age (approximately 90 days for MCL and 60 days for LCL) and then decreased with age. In general, age had a stronger influence on the properties of the medial collateral ligament (MCL) than on the properties of the lateral collateral ligaments (LCL).
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:33646563392
SN - 0974249211
SN - 9780974249216
T3 - Proceedings of the 2005 Summer Bioengineering Conference
SP - 1228
EP - 1229
BT - Proceedings of the 2005 Summer Bioengineering Conference, 2005 SBC
T2 - 2005 Summer Bioengineering Conference
Y2 - 22 June 2005 through 26 June 2005
ER -