Effects of Stress Shielding on the Transverse Mechanical Properties of Rabbit Patellar Tendons
Author:
Yamamoto Ei1, Hayashi Kozaburo2, Yamamoto Noritaka3
Affiliation:
1. Laboratory on Mechanical Behavior of Materials, Department of Mechanical Engineering, School of Biology-Oriented Science and Technology, Kinki University, Naga, Wakayama 649-6493, Japan 2. Biomechanics Laboratory, Division of Mechanical Science, Department of Systems and Human Science, Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-8531, Japan 3. Biomechanics Laboratory, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Ritsumeikan University, Kusatsu, Shiga 525-8577, Japan
Abstract
With the aim of studying mechanisms of the remodeling of tendons and ligaments, the effects of stress shielding on the rabbit patellar tendon were studied by performing tensile and stress relaxation tests in the transverse direction. The tangent modulus, tensile strength, and strain at failure of non-treated, control patellar tendons in the transverse direction were 1272 kPa, 370 kPa, and 40.5 percent, respectively, whereas those of the tendons stress-shielded for 1 week were 299 kPa, 108 kPa, and 40.4 percent, respectively. Stress shielding markedly decreased tangent modulus and tensile strength in the transverse direction, and the decreases were larger than those in the longitudinal direction, which were determined in our previous study. For example, tensile strength in the transverse and longitudinal direction decreased to 29 and 50 percent of each control value, respectively, after 1 week stress shielding. In addition, the stress relaxation in the transverse direction of stress-shielded patellar tendons was much larger than that of non-treated, control ones. In contrast to longitudinal tensile tests for the behavior of collagen, transverse tests reflect the contributions of ground substances such as proteoglycans and mechanical interactions between collagen fibers. Ground substances provide lubrication and spacing between fibers, and also confer viscoelastic properties. Therefore, the results obtained from the present study suggest that ground substance matrix, and interfiber and fiber–matrix interactions have important roles in the remodeling response of tendons to stress. [S0148-0731(00)00806-2]
Publisher
ASME International
Subject
Physiology (medical),Biomedical Engineering
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