A lumped-parameter model to investigate the effect of plantar pressure on arterial blood flow in a diabetic foot

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part H: Journal of Engineering in Medicine

Volumn 221, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 677-686

  Hahn, C ^a   Mahajan, A ^a   Chu, T ^a   Schoen, M ^b  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Nucl Eng Idaho State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Diameter of blood vessels; Foot problems; Neuropathy; Plantar pressure; Tissue damage; Vascular model

Indexed keywords

DAMPING; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; MEDICAL PROBLEMS; PRESSURE DISTRIBUTION; STIFFNESS; TISSUE; HEMODYNAMICS; PRESSURE EFFECTS;

BLOOD FLOW; NEUROPATHY; PLANTAR PRESSURE; VASCULAR MODEL;

BLOOD VESSELS;

ARTERY; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIABETIC FOOT; ELASTICITY; EVALUATION; FOOT; HUMAN; MECHANICAL STRESS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESSURE; VALIDATION STUDY; VASCULARIZATION;

ARTERIES; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIABETIC FOOT; ELASTICITY; FOOT; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PRESSURE; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

FOOT PROBLEMS; NEUROPATHY; PLANTAR PRESSURES; TISSUE DAMAGE; VASCULAR MODEL;

EID: 35148889361     PISSN: 09544119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/09544119JEIM133     Document Type: Article

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