A cryo-jaw designed for in vitro tensile testing of the healing Achilles tendons in rats.

Full Abstract

We present a simple but very secure non-compressive clamping device for in vitro tensile testing of the Achilles tendon in rats. Biomechanical studies were performed on 178 native and injured specimens without any registration of slippage out of the clamp. The average tensile strength of the native rat Achilles tendon was determined to be 48 N (+/-11 N) and its displacement to failure averaged 0.8 mm (+/-0.2 mm). The mean values for tensile strength within the injured tendons increased with time and were above the native tendon values from week 2 and later. Correspondingly, the displacement to failure decreased with time.

Author information

Author/s: Wieloch, Peter (P); Buchmann, Gerhard (G); Roth, Wolfgang (W); Rickert, Markus (M);

Affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Heidelberg, Schlierbacher Landstrasse 200 A, 69118 Heidelberg, Germany.

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: In Vitro; Journal Article

Journal: Journal of biomechanics (J Biomech), published in United States. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2004-Nov; vol 37 (issue 11) : pp 1719-22

Dates: Created 2004/09/24; Completed 2005/01/27; Revised 2009/11/11;

PMID: 15388314, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 11/11/2009, IMS Date: )

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