On the viscoelastic properties of the anteromedial bundle of the anterior cruciate ligament

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Kwan, Michael K.¹; Lin, Timothy H.-C.¹; Woo, Savio L.-Y.²

On the viscoelastic properties of the anteromedial bundle of the anterior cruciate ligament

J Biomech. April–May 1993;26(4-5):447-452

©1993 Pergamon Press Ltd

Affiliations

¹Orthopaedic Biomechanics Laboratory, Department of Orthopaedics, University of California, San Diego. La Jolla, CA 92093, U.S.A.

²Musculoskeleta1 Research Laboratories, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, U.S.A.
Abstract

The nonlinear viscoelastic properties of the anteromedial (AM) bundle of porcine anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) were characterized by using a new analytical approach based on the quasi-linear viscoelastic theory. Stress relaxation and cyclic tensile tests were performed. Using the solution derived from this approach, we curve-fitted data from the stress relaxation test to determine the viscoelastic coefficients for the ligament bundles. The coefficients were verified by comparison of the predicted and the experimental results from the cyclic tensile test. The ACL AM bundle exhibited significant stress relaxation with time; a reduction of more than 50% of the peak value occurred during the 2-h experiment. Also, the reduced relaxation function for the ACL AM bundle was not a linear function of logarithmic time, as is commonly assumed for many soft tissues. The new approach, which takes into account the finite strain rate of the ramp function used in the stress relaxation test, provides an accurate description of this nonlinear stress relaxation behavior.
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DOI: 10.1016/0021-9290(93)90008-3

PubMed: 8478348

WoS: A1993KX57600008
History

Accepted: 1992-11-02

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