Quantification and localisation of damage in rat muscles after controlled loading; a new approach to study the aetiology of pressure sores

Medical Engineering and Physics

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 195-200

  Bosboom, E M H ^a,b   Bouten, C V C ^a   Oomens, C W J ^a   Van Straaten, H W M ^b   Baaijens, F P T ^a   Kuipers, H ^b  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Animal model; Compressive loading; Muscle damage; Pressure ulcers

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC LOADS; HISTOLOGY; MUSCLE; SKIN;

QUANTIFICATION;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECUBITUS; LOADING TEST; MALE; MUSCLE INJURY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; RAT; SKIN SURFACE; TIBIA; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TISSUE PRESSURE;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PRESSURE ULCER; RATS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STRESS, MECHANICAL; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 0035016698     PISSN: 13504533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1350-4533(01)00034-0     Document Type: Article

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