The fracture stress of rat achilles tendons

Chatzistergos, PE; Tsitsilonis, SI; Mitousoudis, AS; Perrea, DN; Zoubos, AB; Kourkoulis, SK

dc.contributor.author	Chatzistergos, PE	en
dc.contributor.author	Tsitsilonis, SI	en
dc.contributor.author	Mitousoudis, AS	en
dc.contributor.author	Perrea, DN	en
dc.contributor.author	Zoubos, AB	en
dc.contributor.author	Kourkoulis, SK	en
dc.date.accessioned	2014-03-01T01:34:45Z
dc.date.available	2014-03-01T01:34:45Z
dc.date.issued	2010	en
dc.identifier.issn	0901-3393	en
dc.identifier.uri	https://dspace.lib.ntua.gr/xmlui/handle/123456789/20836
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dc.subject.classification	Veterinary Sciences	en
dc.subject.other	accuracy	en
dc.subject.other	achilles tendon	en
dc.subject.other	animal experiment	en
dc.subject.other	animal model	en
dc.subject.other	animal tissue	en
dc.subject.other	article	en
dc.subject.other	biomechanics	en
dc.subject.other	controlled study	en
dc.subject.other	dehydration	en
dc.subject.other	fracture fixation	en
dc.subject.other	freezing	en
dc.subject.other	histopathology	en
dc.subject.other	loading test	en
dc.subject.other	low temperature procedures	en
dc.subject.other	mechanical stress	en
dc.subject.other	nonhuman	en
dc.subject.other	rat	en
dc.subject.other	tendon stress	en
dc.subject.other	tensile strength	en
dc.subject.other	Rattus	en
dc.title	The fracture stress of rat achilles tendons	en
heal.type	journalArticle	en
heal.language	English	en
heal.publicationDate	2010	en
heal.abstract	For the determination of the fracture stress of soft tissues both the fracture force and the cross sectional area are required. For short tissues these prerequisites are difficult experimental tasks. The determination of the fracture force necessitates proper gripping without damaging the tissues or altering their properties. In order to meet this challenge the rapid-freezing technique was employed, modified to ensure that the tendon was not frozen. On the other hand an accurate value of the cross sectional area of short soft tissues is difficult to be obtained using conventional techniques. In this context a novel procedure is proposed here based on the histologically-measured cross-sectional area of the dehydrated tendon after the biomechanical testing. Combination of these solutions permitted the performance of tension tests for rat Achilles tendons and calculation of their fracture stress. The values of the Achilles tendon failure stress, as estimated above, exhibited considerably lower scattering compared to those of the fracture forces.	en
heal.publisher	SCANDINAVIAN FEDERATION LABORATORY ANIMAL SCIENCE	en
heal.journalName	Scandinavian Journal of Laboratory Animal Science	en
dc.identifier.isi	ISI:000292056900002	en
dc.identifier.volume	37	en
dc.identifier.issue	3	en
dc.identifier.spage	149	en
dc.identifier.epage	156	en