Biomechanical behavior of scar tissue and uninjured skin in a porcine model

Wound Repair and Regeneration

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 250-259

  Corr, David T ^a   Gallant Behm, Corrie L ^b,c   Shrive, Nigel G ^c   Hart, David A ^c,d  

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FULL THICKNESS SKIN GRAFT; HISTOLOGY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGIDITY; SCAR FORMATION; SKIN; SKIN INJURY; SKIN SCAR; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SWINE; WOUND HEALING;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; CICATRIX; COLLAGEN; COMPLIANCE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELASTICITY; ELASTIN; FEMALE; STRESS, MECHANICAL; SWINE; TENSILE STRENGTH; VISCOSITY; WOUND HEALING; WOUNDS, PENETRATING;

EID: 62449240468     PISSN: 10671927     EISSN: 1524475X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-475X.2009.00463.x     Document Type: Article

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