Assessment with the dermal torque meter of skin pliability after treatment of burns with cultured skin substitutes

Journal of Burn Care and Rehabilitation

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 55-63

  Boyce, Steven T ^a   Supp, Andrew P ^a   Randall Wickett, R ^a   Hoath, Steven B ^a   Warden, Glenn D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BURN; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PLIABILITY; SKIN GRAFT; SKIN SCAR; VISCOELASTICITY; WOUND CLOSURE;

BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BIOMECHANICS; BURNS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FIBROBLASTS; HUMANS; INFANT; KERATINOCYTES; MALE; PLIABILITY; POLYMERS; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SKIN PHYSIOLOGY; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SKIN, ARTIFICIAL; TORQUE;

EID: 0033968543     PISSN: 02738481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004630-200021010-00011     Document Type: Article

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