TY - CONF
T1 - Fractional order hereditariness of knee human ligament and tendon
AU - Bologna, Emanuela
AU - Camarda, Lawrence
AU - Zingales, Massimiliano
PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) is one of the four major ligaments in the knee, playing a critical role in stabilizing the joint. ACL is highly susceptible to injury, overall during sport activities, often precipitating catastrophic long-term joint outcomes. The ideal replacement graft for a torn ACL would restore native anatomy and function to the knee. Most commonly used autograft and allograft, including patellar tendon (P) and hamstring tendon (H) graft, or bioengineered synthetic grafts, may substantially alter the biomechanics of the knee, permitting a return to only moderate physical activities [1]. Main issues are the sub-optimal graft properties [2] and a still incomplete biomechanics characterization [1]. The goal of the present work is to fully characterize and compare the viscoelastic behavior of the ACL and natural/artificial grafts in order to highlight the differences that should be overcome to achieve a successful biomechanical performance and an ideal graft design.
AB - Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) is one of the four major ligaments in the knee, playing a critical role in stabilizing the joint. ACL is highly susceptible to injury, overall during sport activities, often precipitating catastrophic long-term joint outcomes. The ideal replacement graft for a torn ACL would restore native anatomy and function to the knee. Most commonly used autograft and allograft, including patellar tendon (P) and hamstring tendon (H) graft, or bioengineered synthetic grafts, may substantially alter the biomechanics of the knee, permitting a return to only moderate physical activities [1]. Main issues are the sub-optimal graft properties [2] and a still incomplete biomechanics characterization [1]. The goal of the present work is to fully characterize and compare the viscoelastic behavior of the ACL and natural/artificial grafts in order to highlight the differences that should be overcome to achieve a successful biomechanical performance and an ideal graft design.
KW - Anterior Cruciate Ligaments
KW - Grafts
KW - Mittag-Leffler
KW - Viscoelastic Materials
KW - Anterior Cruciate Ligaments
KW - Grafts
KW - Mittag-Leffler
KW - Viscoelastic Materials
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10447/263305
UR - http://www.esb-ita.it/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Proceedings_ESBITA2017.pdf
M3 - Other
ER -