Tensile Strength

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  Subject Areas on Research

  • 'Seeing' Strain in Soft Materials. 
  • 3D printing of high-strength, porous, elastomeric structures to promote tissue integration of implants. 
  • A Hierarchical Nanoparticle-in-Micropore Architecture for Enhanced Mechanosensitivity and Stretchability in Mechanochromic Electronic Skins. 
  • A biomechanical comparison of suture constructs used for coracoclavicular fixation. 
  • A heuristic model of stone comminution in shock wave lithotripsy. 
  • A knotless flexor tendon repair technique using a bidirectional barbed suture: an ex vivo comparison of three methods. 
  • A minimally invasive method for the determination of force in the interosseous ligament. 
  • A novel process for optimizing musculoskeletal allograft tissue to improve safety, ultrastructural properties, and cell infiltration. 
  • A simple method for fabricating artificial kidney stones of different physical properties. 
  • Allograft Reconstruction of Chronic Tibialis Anterior Tendon Ruptures. 
  • Allograft anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction in a sheep model. The effect of synthetic augmentation. 
  • An adherence tensiometer for evaluation of burn dressings. 
  • Ankyrin-B directs membrane tethering of periaxin and is required for maintenance of lens fiber cell hexagonal shape and mechanics. 
  • Anterior cruciate ligament fixation: is radial force a predictor of the pullout strength of soft-tissue interference devices? 
  • Assessment of four tissue models on knot tensile strength. 
  • Beta-catenin is a mediator of the response of fibroblasts to irradiation. 
  • Biological basis of bone formation, remodeling, and repair-part III: biomechanical forces. 
  • Biomechanical comparison of figure-of-8 versus cylindrical tibial inlay constructs for arthroscopic posterior cruciate ligament reconstruction. 
  • Biomechanical comparison of hallux valgus correction using the proximal chevron osteotomy fixed with a medial locking plate and the Ludloff osteotomy fixed with two screws. 
  • Biomechanics and pathophysiology of overuse tendon injuries: ideas on insertional tendinopathy. 
  • Biomechanics of turtle shells: how whole shells fail in compression. 
  • Can locking screws allow smaller, low-profile plates to achieve comparable stability to larger, standard plates? 
  • Cardiac strain during upright cycle ergometry in adolescent males. 
  • Cartilage mechanics in the guinea pig model of osteoarthritis studied with an osmotic loading method. 
  • Cartilage-like mechanical properties of poly (ethylene glycol)-diacrylate hydrogels. 
  • Cephalopod-inspired design of electro-mechano-chemically responsive elastomers for on-demand fluorescent patterning. 
  • Circumferential tensile stiffness of glaucomatous trabecular meshwork. 
  • Comparative strengths and structural properties of the upper and lower cervical spine in flexion and extension. 
  • Comparison of 10-0 polypropylene and 10-0 nylon sutures in rat arterial anastomosis. 
  • Comparison of Acute Histologic and Biomechanical Effects of Radiofrequency Ablation and Cryoablation on Periarticular Structures in a Swine Model. 
  • Comparison of an all-inside suture technique with traditional pull-out suture and suture anchor repair techniques for flexor digitorum profundus attachment to bone. 
  • Comparison of native porcine skin and a dermal substitute using tensiometry and digital image speckle correlation. 
  • Compression etiology in tendinopathy. 
  • Concomitant control of mechanical properties and degradation in resorbable elastomer-like materials using stereochemistry and stoichiometry for soft tissue engineering. 
  • Contributions of neural tone to in vivo passive muscle--tendon unit biomechanical properties in a rat rotator cuff animal model. 
  • Curved FtsZ protofilaments generate bending forces on liposome membranes. 
  • Delayed administration of recombinant human parathyroid hormone improves early biomechanical strength in a rat rotator cuff repair model. 
  • Development of a YIGSR-peptide-modified polyurethaneurea to enhance endothelialization. 
  • Differential effects of trabecular meshwork stiffness on outflow facility in normal human and porcine eyes. 
  • Dissociation rate constants of human fibronectin binding to fibronectin-binding proteins on living Staphylococcus aureus isolated from clinical patients. 
  • Do Surface Porosity and Pore Size Influence Mechanical Properties and Cellular Response to PEEK? 
  • Doxycycline shows dose-dependent changes in hernia repair strength after mesh repair. 
  • Effect of cyclic strain on tensile properties of a naturally derived, decellularized tendon scaffold seeded with allogeneic tenocytes and associated messenger RNA expression. 
  • Effect of hyaluronic acid/chondroitin sulfate on healing of full-thickness tendon lacerations in rabbits. 
  • Effect of pigmentation on the mechanical and polymerization characteristics of bone cement. 
  • Effect of surface topography on in vitro osteoblast function and mechanical performance of 3D printed titanium. 
  • Effects of postmortem freezing on tensile failure properties of rabbit extensor digitorum longus muscle tendon complex. 
  • Elastic deformation and failure of lipid bilayer membranes containing cholesterol. 
  • Elasticity, strength, and water permeability of bilayers that contain raft microdomain-forming lipids. 
  • End range eccentric antagonist/concentric agonist strength ratios: a new perspective in shoulder strength assessment. 
  • Endothelialization of microporous YIGSR/PEG-modified polyurethaneurea. 
  • Epidemiology, classification, mechanism, and tolerance of human cervical spine injuries. 
  • Evaluation of endoscopic harmonic diverticulostomy. 
  • Evaluation of poly(L-lactic acid) as a material for intravascular polymeric stents. 
  • Experimental muscle strain injury. Early functional and structural deficits and the increased risk for reinjury. 
  • Fatigue behavior of As-built selective laser melted titanium scaffolds with sheet-based gyroid microarchitecture for bone tissue engineering. 
  • Force measurements of the alpha5beta1 integrin-fibronectin interaction. 
  • Free-electron laser etching of dental enamel 
  • Functionalized few-walled carbon nanotubes for mechanical reinforcement of polymeric composites. 
  • Healing of experimental muscle strains and the effects of nonsteroidal antiinflammatory medication. 
  • Hyaluronan Hydrogels for a Biomimetic Spongiosa Layer of Tissue Engineered Heart Valve Scaffolds. 
  • Impact of Smad3 loss of function on scarring and adhesion formation during tendon healing. 
  • Impact of surface porosity and topography on the mechanical behavior of high strength biomedical polymers. 
  • Integrating valve-inspired design features into poly(ethylene glycol) hydrogel scaffolds for heart valve tissue engineering. 
  • Intrinsic cardiac muscle function, calcium handling and beta -adrenergic responsiveness is impaired in rats with growth hormone deficiency. 
  • Low-Dose and Short-Duration Matrix Metalloproteinase 9 Inhibition Does Not Affect Adhesion Formation during Murine Flexor Tendon Healing. 
  • Mechanical and cytotoxicity testing of acrylic bone cement embedded with microencapsulated 2-octyl cyanoacrylate. 
  • Mechanical property studies of human gallstones. 
  • Meta-analysis on biomechanical properties of meniscus repairs: are devices better than sutures? 
  • Microvascular anastomoses in growing vessels: a long-term evaluation of nonabsorbable suture materials. 
  • Minimum number of throws needed for knot security. 
  • Mitigation of hypertrophic scar contraction via an elastomeric biodegradable scaffold. 
  • Modifying hernia mesh design to improve device mechanical performance and promote tension-free repair. 
  • Nanomechanical fingerprints of UV damage to DNA. 
  • Near infrared laser-tissue welding using nanoshells as an exogenous absorber. 
  • New dendritic adhesives for sutureless ophthalmic surgical procedures: in vitro studies of corneal laceration repair. 
  • Open-source micro-tensile testers via additive manufacturing for the mechanical characterization of thin films and papers. 
  • P311 induces a TGF-beta1-independent, nonfibrogenic myofibroblast phenotype. 
  • PDGF-BB, IGF-I and mechanical load stimulate DNA synthesis in avian tendon fibroblasts in vitro. 
  • Parathyroid hormone 1-34 enhances extracellular matrix deposition and organization during flexor tendon repair. 
  • Passive biaxial mechanical properties of the rat bladder wall after spinal cord injury. 
  • Peripheral nerve grafts: the relationship of axonal growth cone and biomechanical properties. 
  • Photo cross-linkable Biodendrimers as ophthalmic adhesives for central lacerations and penetrating keratoplasties. 
  • Posterior tibial tendon dysfunction in rheumatoid arthritis. 
  • Quadriceps tendon rupture: a biomechanical comparison of transosseous equivalent double-row suture anchor versus transosseous tunnel repair. 
  • Rationale and Technique for Measuring Abdominal Wall Tension in Hernia Repair. 
  • Resorbable, amino acid-based poly(ester urea)s crosslinked with osteogenic growth peptide with enhanced mechanical properties and bioactivity. 
  • Risk factors associated with failure 1 year after retropubic or transobturator midurethral slings. 
  • Semi-degradable poly(β-amino ester) networks with temporally controlled enhancement of mechanical properties. 
  • Statically equivalent load and support conditions produce different hip joint contact pressures and periacetabular strains. 
  • Stem cell-bearing suture improves Achilles tendon healing in a rat model. 
  • Strain patterns in the patellar tendon and the implications for patellar tendinopathy. 
  • Strategies to increase the INGEVITY lead strength during lead extraction procedures based on laboratory bench testing. 
  • Strength and stability of posterior lumbar interbody fusion. Comparison of titanium fiber mesh implant and tricortical bone graft. 
  • Structural and mechanical study of a self-assembling protein nanotube. 
  • Structure and thermomechanical behavior of NiTiPt shape memory alloy wires. 
  • Surface modification for enhanced silanation of zirconia ceramics. 
  • Systematic optimization of an engineered hydrogel allows for selective control of human neural stem cell survival and differentiation after transplantation in the stroke brain 
  • Tensile deformation of NiTi wires. 
  • Tensile engagement of the peri-ankle ligaments in stance phase. 
  • Tensile failure properties of the perinatal, neonatal, and pediatric cadaveric cervical spine. 
  • Tensile mechanical properties of the perinatal and pediatric PMHS osteoligamentous cervical spine. 
  • Tension and combined tension-extension structural response and tolerance properties of the human male ligamentous cervical spine. 
  • Tension-stabilized pores in giant vesicles: determination of pore size and pore line tension. 
  • The Development of a Xenograft-Derived Scaffold for Tendon and Ligament Reconstruction Using a Decellularization and Oxidation Protocol. 
  • The benefits of using barbed sutures with automated suturing devices in gynecologic endoscopic surgeries. 
  • The effect of antibiotic additions on the mechanical properties of acrylic cement. 
  • The effect of indomethacin on Achilles tendon healing in rabbits. 
  • The effect of length on the structural properties of an Achilles tendon graft as used in posterior cruciate ligament reconstruction. 
  • The effect of the trabecular microstructure on the pullout strength of suture anchors. 
  • The human cervical spine in tension: effects of frame and fixation compliance on structural responses. 
  • The measurement of the variation in the surface strains of Achilles tendon grafts using imaging techniques. 
  • The strength of microvascular anastomoses--an experimental evaluation in rats. 
  • The temperature-dependent viscoelasticity of porcine lumbar spine ligaments. 
  • Transforming growth factor beta3 promotes fascial wound healing in a new animal model. 
  • Viscoelastic and failure properties of spine ligament collagen fascicles. 
  • WFUMB guidelines and recommendations for clinical use of ultrasound elastography: Part 2: breast. 
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  Keywords of People

  • Allori, Alexander C, Associate Professor of Surgery, Surgery, Plastic, Maxillofacial, and Oral Surgery
  • Erickson, Harold Paul, James B. Duke Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Cell Biology
  • Gall, Ken, Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
  • Lee, Walter T, Professor of Head and Neck Surgery & Communication Sciences, Radiation Oncology