A biomechanical model for fibril recruitment: evaluation in tendons and arteries
Simulations of soft tissue mechanobiological behaviour are increasingly important for clinical prediction of aneurysm, tendinopathy and other disorders. Mechanical behaviour at low stretches is governed by fibril straightening, transitioning into load-bearing at recruitment stretch, resulting in a tissue stiffening effect. Previous investigations have suggested theoretical relationships between stress-stretch measurements and recruitment probability density function (PDF) but not derived these rigorously nor evaluated these experimentally.
Source: Journal of Biomechanics - Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Tim Bevan, Nadege Merabet, Jack Hornsby, Paul N Watton, Mark S Thompson Tags: Short communication Source Type: research
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