Directional variance in skin movement

Journal of Burn Care and Rehabilitation

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 259-264

  Richard, Reg ^a   DerSarkisian, Dona ^a   Miller, Sidney F ^a   Johnson, R Michael ^a   Staley, Marlys ^a  

^a MIAMI VALLEY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BURN CONTRACTURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPERTROPHIC SCAR; NORMAL HUMAN; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN SCAR; TENSION;

EID: 0032933002     PISSN: 02738481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004630-199905000-00018     Document Type: Article

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