Tissue softening of guinea pig oesophagus tested by the tri-axial test machine

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 804-810

  Liao, Donghua ^a   Zhao, Jingbo ^a   Kunwald, Peter ^a,b   Gregersen, Hans ^a,b  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Anisotropic; Oesophagus; Preconditioning; Strain softening; Stress strain

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPIC; OESOPHAGUS; PRECONDITIONING; STRAIN SOFTENING; STRESS-STRAIN;

ANISOTROPY; ELASTICITY; LOADING; MECHANICAL TESTING; STIFFNESS; STRESS-STRAIN CURVES; VISCOELASTICITY; VISCOSITY;

TISSUE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGUS FUNCTION; FEMALE; GUINEA PIG; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE STIFFNESS; MUSCLE TISSUE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; TENSILE STRENGTH; VISCOELASTICITY;

ANIMALS; ELASTICITY; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; GUINEA PIGS; MALE; STRESS, MECHANICAL; VISCOELASTIC SUBSTANCES; VISCOSITY;

EID: 64749103646     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2009.01.029     Document Type: Article

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