Age and gender related changes in biomechanical properties of healthy human costal cartilage

Clinical Biomechanics

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 292-297

  Guo, Bi yun ^a   Liao, Dong hua ^b   Li, Xiao yang ^a   Zeng, Yan jun ^a   Yang, Qing hua ^c  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c PLASTIC SURGERY HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Age; Biomechanical properties; Costal cartilage; Gender

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; DISEASES; HEALTH CARE; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; SURGERY; TENSILE STRENGTH;

AGE; BIOMECHANICAL PROPERTIES; COSTAL CARTILAGE; GENDER;

CARTILAGE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EAR RECONSTRUCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MACHINE; MALE; MATERIALS TESTING; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAXATION TRAINING; RIB CARTILAGE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; TENSILE STRENGTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SEX FACTORS; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 33846849254     PISSN: 02680033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2006.10.004     Document Type: Article

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