BIOMED 10/11b Soft Tissue and Bone Mechanics Flashcards
external loads that the body
- Gravity
- Wind
- Friction
- ***Impact
how does tissue deformation result in loads arising within tissue
- deformation to match external force
- meniscus in th eknee
- accommodates external load with internal forces
healthy tissue response to load
- deforms as much as it needs to
- goes back to original shape/position after unloading
- load response is tissue dependent
what do we need to focus on when doing an examination for a patient?
- what was the mechanism of injury?
- what tissue structures might be involved?
- what are the appropriate treatments for the patient
how do we define the mechanism of injury?
- was the injury a trauma or insidious onset?
- what does the MOI tell you about the potential movements and forces that occurred to cause the injury?
- what tissues were susceptible to damage through this MOI?
how do we determine the tissue’s response to load?
- tissue stress
- tissue strain
- stress strain diagram
what is tissue stress?
- pressure = force/area
- forces resisting the additional pressure added to a tissue
- measure of load or energy that stored within a tissue
- ex: rubber part of a balloon is stress as air is added into it
what is tissue strain?
- how much does it stretch out?
- the delta of the stretch
stress strain diagram
- y axis = stress
- x axis = strain
- helps estimate the behavior of the tissue
- the linear slope is the stiffness of the tissue
- young’s modulus determines how the tissue deforms in response to certain amounts of loads proportional to stiffness
nonlinear base region in the stress/strain diagram
-slack that is inherent to the tissue at rest
linear portion in the stress/strain diagram
stiffness of the tissue
-young’s modulus
at a high stiffness behavior, what is the young’s modulus?
high
at a low stiffness behavior, what is the young’s modulus?
low
Truly elastic material
returns back to its original state after load is released
Plastic Deformation
After yield point, tissue starts to change permanently
- serial casting
- muscle building
- stretching
- joint mobs
do tissues have a fluid like component to their behavior?
Yes, tissues have viscosity
-they have time dependent visco-elastic behaviors