Characterization of soft tissue mechanics with aging

IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Magazine

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 15-22

  Natali, Arturo N ^a   Pavan, Piero G ^a   Carniel, Emanuele L ^a   Dario, Paolo ^b,c   Izzo, Ivano ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b SCUOLA SUPERIORE SANT ANNA   (Italy)

^c Laboratory of the Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; COLLAGEN FIBER; WATER;

ACHILLES TENDON; AGING; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CELL TYPE; CONFORMATION; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; ELASTICITY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; ENERGY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; MODEL; PHOTOGRAPHY; PREDICTION; SIMULATION; SOFT TISSUE; TISSUE REGENERATION; WATER CONTENT;

EID: 46949087684     PISSN: 07395175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MEMB.2008.919492     Document Type: Article

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