Subject specific finite elasticity simulations of the pelvic floor

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 41, Issue 14, 2008, Pages 3060-3065

  Noakes, Kimberley F ^a   Pullan, Andrew J ^a,b   Bissett, Ian P ^b   Cheng, Leo K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Computational model; Finite elasticity; Finite element; Levator ani; Mooney Rivlin; Validation

Indexed keywords

ELASTICITY; FLOORS; MEDICAL IMAGING; MUSCLE;

COMPUTATIONAL MODEL; FINITE ELASTICITY; FINITE ELEMENT; LEVATOR ANI; MOONEY-RIVLIN; VALIDATION;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

ABDOMINAL PRESSURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEVATOR ANI MUSCLE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MUSCLE FUNCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PELVIS FLOOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTIC MODULUS; FEMALE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PELVIC FLOOR; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 53149154450     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2008.06.037     Document Type: Article

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