Biomechanical properties of skin in vitro for different expansion methods

Clinical Biomechanics

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 853-857

  Zeng, Yan Jun ^a,b   Liu, Yu Hong ^b   Xu, Chuan Qing ^a   Xu, Xiao Hu ^a   Xu, Hong ^a   Sun, Guang Ci ^c  

^a SHANTOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c PLASTIC SURGERY HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

In vitro; Skin conventional expansion; Skin rapid expansion

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICAL PROPERTIES; CONVENTIONAL EXPANSION; PLASTIC SURGERY;

CLINICAL LABORATORIES; CREEP; MACHINERY; MATERIALS TESTING; SKIN; STRAIN; STRESS ANALYSIS; STRESS RELAXATION; SURGERY;

BIOMECHANICS;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN EXPANSION; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; TENSILE STRENGTH;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; DOGS; ELASTICITY; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; SKIN; SKIN PHYSIOLOGY; STRESS, MECHANICAL; SURGERY, PLASTIC; TENSILE STRENGTH; TISSUE EXPANSION; VISCOSITY;

EID: 4444358401     PISSN: 02680033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2004.05.009     Document Type: Article

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