what are the characteristics of ligaments
The structural properties of isolated tendons, ligaments, and bone-ligament-bone preparations are normally determined via tensile tests. In such a test, a ligament, tendon, or bone-ligament-bone complex is subjected to a tensile load applied at constant rate.igaments have characteristics of strain rate sensitivity, stress relaxation, creep, and hysteresis as described in Chapter 1. One important aspect to consider is the relationship between the viscoelastic property of strain-rate sensitivity between ligament and bone.