Wrist Rehabilitation after Scapholunate Interosseous Ligament Reconstruction for a Collegiate Basketball Player

Abstract

In order to evaluate the long term behavior of timber concrete joints a research program was established to assess, experimentally the long term behavior of two types of joints: dowel type fasteners and notches. This paper presents creep tests performed with timber concrete joints with 8 different configurations. The measurements in the test specimens have been done over a period of 2-3 years up to now. The experimental slip-time curves obtained in this period are also fitted with an available numerical logarithmic-time model to describe the slip-time behavior of timber joints. The ability of the models to describe the behavior of timber-concrete joints is analyzed and discussed. The results obtained with the model are extrapolated to obtain estimations to the value of the joints creep for longer periods, namely 10 and 50 years.