A new experimental method for measuring skin's natural tension

Skin Research and Technology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-7

  Jacquet, Emmanuelle ^a   Josse, Gwendal ^b   Khatyr, Fouad ^a   Garcin, Camille ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE FRANCHE COMTÉ   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE PIERRE FABRE   (France)

Author keywords

Extenso meter; Human skin; In vivo; Internal stress

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATERIALS TESTING; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; RESIDUAL STRESSES; SKIN; TENSILE TESTING; TRACTION (FRICTION);

EXTENSIOMETRY TEST; EXTENSO METER; FINITE ELEMENT MODELISATION;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

ELASTOMER;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BODY POSITION; COMPRESSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FOREARM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VIVO STUDY; METHODOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; SKIN STIMULATION; SKIN TENSION; SKIN TEST; VISCOELASTICITY;

BIOMECHANICS; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; ELASTOMERS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FOREARM; HUMANS; POSTURE; SKIN PHYSIOLOGY; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 38349152192     PISSN: 0909752X     EISSN: 16000846     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0846.2007.00259.x     Document Type: Article

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