Collageneous tissues, such as ligaments and tendons, are viscoelastic materials: they creep under constant stress, relax under constant strain, and show hysteresis when cyclically loaded and unloaded [1]. Although these tissues are viscoelastic, researchers in biomechanics often study their “pseudo-elastic” properties after subjected them to “preconditioning.” Preconditioning is an experimental procedure consisting of loading and unloading biological tissues repeatedly until no further change between the loading and unloading stress-strain curves are observed. This procedure significantly affects the measurement of mechanical properties [2]. Unfortunately, because there is no standard preconditioning protocol used in biomechanical testing, comparison among different experimental studies that quantify the mechanical properties of biological tissues remains difficult [3].
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ASME 2009 Summer Bioengineering Conference
June 17–21, 2009
Lake Tahoe, California, USA
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- Bioengineering Division
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978-0-7918-4891-3
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Ratchada Sopakayang,
Ratchada Sopakayang
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA
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Raffaella De Vita
Raffaella De Vita
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA
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Ratchada Sopakayang
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA
Raffaella De Vita
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA
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SBC2009-206286, pp. 673-674; 2 pages
Published Online:
July 19, 2013
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Sopakayang, R, & De Vita, R. "A Constitutive Model for Preconditioining in Ligaments and Tendons." Proceedings of the ASME 2009 Summer Bioengineering Conference. ASME 2009 Summer Bioengineering Conference, Parts A and B. Lake Tahoe, California, USA. June 17–21, 2009. pp. 673-674. ASME. https://doi.org/10.1115/SBC2009-206286
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