Finite element modeling of human buttock-thigh tissue in a seated posture

Proceedings of the 2005 Summer Bioengineering Conference

Volumn 2005, Issue , 2005, Pages 177-178

  Sun, Qunli ^b,c   Lin, Fang ^a,b,c   Al Saeede, Sam ^c   Ruberte, Lissette ^c,d   Nam, Ellis ^e   Hendrix, Ronald ^b   Makhsous, Mohsen ^a,b,c  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c REHABILITATION INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^d Northwestern University   (United States)

^e SAINT JOSEPH HOSPITAL   (United States)

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