Characterisation of gravity-induced facial skin oedema using biophysical measurement techniques

Skin Research and Technology

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 118-127

  Diridollou, S ^a   Pavy Le Traon, A ^b   Maillet, A ^b   Bellossi, F ^c   Black, D ^a   Patat, F ^d   Lagarde, J M ^a   Berson, M ^d   Gall, Y ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE PIERRE FABRE   (France)

^b Inst Med et de Physiol Spatiales   (France)

^c Office Natl d'Etudes et de   (France)

^d Unité 316   (France)

Author keywords

Mechanical properties; Oedema; Skin; Ultrasonography; Weightlessness

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATROPHY; B SCAN; BED REST; BIOPHYSICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMIS; DEVICE; ELASTICITY; FACE; FLUID RETENTION; FLUID SHIFT; FLUID TRANSPORT; GRAVITY; HEAD POSITION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERSTITIAL FLUID; LEG; LIQUID; MEASUREMENT; MICROGRAVITY; RIGIDITY; SKIN EDEMA; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; STRESS; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

AEROSPACE MEDICINE; BED REST; BIOPHYSICS; EDEMA; ELASTICITY; FACE; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FLUID SHIFTS; FOREHEAD; HEAD-DOWN TILT; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SKIN; SKIN PHYSIOLOGY; TIME FACTORS; WEIGHTLESSNESS SIMULATION;

EID: 0033928232     PISSN: 0909752X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0846.2000.006003118.x     Document Type: Article

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