The strength and failure characteristics of rat medial collateral ligaments.
Traumatic loading of the knee joint in man occurs at strain rates ranging from 0.5-1,500 m/m/sec. Experiments on the medial collateral ligament of rats demonstrate that the mode of failure is a function of the strain rate. Avulsions occurred more often at low rates; ligament tearing occurred more often at high rates.
D000818:Animals; D001696:Biomechanical Phenomena; D005269:Femur / Q000503:physiopathology; D008023:Ligaments, Articular / Q000293:injuries* / Q000503:physiopathology; D051381:Rats; D013977:Tibia / Q000503:physiopathology